Brightwork newmusic is joined by soprano Stacey Fraser for an eclectic and high-energy concert featuring works by Southern California composers. Shaun Naidoo’s Ararat takes the story of the biblical flood as it’s starting point, morphing into a raucous backwater before reaching it’s final resting place in the warm air of the mountains. In Kaleidoscope, William Kraft plays with all the possible colors afforded by Brightwork’s diverse instrumentation. i will learn to love a person is Chris Cerrone’s stunning take on young love, millennial angst, and relationships in the 21st century. Text from author Anaïs Nin’s deeply personal and introspective diary provide a backdrop for Pamela Madsen’s stunning Why Women Weep: IT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO REJOIN THE OCEAN, for solo cello, spoken voice, and electronics. Tom Flaherty explores three Internal States in this Brightwork commission. Doubt hovers between worlds, never finding resolution. Reverie mixes cloudy textures with expressive solo threads in a darkly ambiguous soundscape. Celebration dances, a lot, in a flood of joyous enthusiasm.