Sunday, March 16 @3:00pm
The Reser
Saturday, March 15 @7:30pm
Reynolds HS
Over 100 musicians join forces for a concert of groundbreaking musical works as a catalyst for change.
PROGRAM
To the Hands Caroline Shaw
Credo Margaret Bonds
Dona nobis pacem Ralph Vaughan William
ABOUT THE CONCERT
The newly-renamed Orchestra Nova Northwest and the award-winning Resonance Ensemble come together for the first time to present a program featuring three groundbreaking works advocating for global change, by acclaimed composers Margaret Bonds, Caroline Shaw, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Conducted by Stephen Byess, Katherine FitzGibbon, and Shohei Kobayashi, this performance will take place on Saturday, March 15th at Reynolds High School Auditorium and on Sunday, March 16th at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
This program will present a work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw that uses excerpts of American poet Emma Lazarus’ poem The New Colossus and also addresses refugee crises, and a rarely performed work of American composer Margaret Bonds that sets W.E.B. Du Bois’ stirring Credo from his 1920 autobiography, Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil. For the finale of the concert, Resonance has invited the choirs of Lewis & Clark College and Reed College to join in the powerful Dona nobis pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, an urgent cry for global peace and reconciliation.
Featured Artists and Performers:
Dr. Katherine FitzGibbon, conductor
Steven Byess, conductor
Resonance Ensemble
Orchestra Nova Northwest
Cappella Nova Choir (Lewis & Clark College)
Collegium Musicum (Reed College)
“This concert encapsulates the missions of both Resonance Ensemble and Orchestra Nova Northwest, and it combines our forces into a performance that will envelop you in sound. ”