In 2020, E4TT performs our annual commissions concert on International Women's Day. The focus? "Mothers & Daughters," with three world premieres:
--"Matrix" by Bay Area favorite, LGBTQ composer Elinor Armer to poems by Ursula LeGuin and Rella Lossey
--"The Light Within the Dark" by E4TT composer David Garner to poems by Gini Lorant
--"Mother Love" by emerging composer Brennan Stokes to poems by Rita Dove.
==Plus "Rest These Hands" by Anna Clyne for violin and spoken voice, "Mother and Child" by William Grant Still for cello and piano, and "Ji-Dong-Nuo" for piano by Chen Yi.
Composers Armer, Garner, and Stokes will speak.
Musicians: Nanette McGuinness, soprano; Anne Lerner-Wright, cello; Dale Tsang, piano; with guest artists Laura Reynolds, English horn, and Ilana Blumberg, violin.
*"Mothers & Daughters" is made possible with funds from the Musical Grant Program, which is administered by InterMusic SF and supported by the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and San Francisco Grants for the Arts.