CVM’s founder Amelia Hollander Ames returns with her group RAHA Duo, plus special guest Hazel Dean Davis! Join us for a beautiful concert of music for viola, piano, and French Horn.
This concert will feature the world premiere of “Sleepers for viola and piano” by Matthew Aucoin, commissioned by CVM and RAHA Duo. Matthew Aucoin is an American composer, conductor, writer, pianist, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. He is Artist in Residence at Los Angeles Opera, and has worked as a composer and conductor with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the American Repertory Theater, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Music Academy of the West. He is co-Artistic Director of the American Modern Opera Company.
Our program will also include “Songs of the Wolf” by Andrea Clearfield which is inspired by the legend of La Loba, the Wolf Woman, and “The Stone and the Milkweed” by Jonathan Bailey which is inspired by Richard Wilbur’s poem “Two Voices in a Meadow”.
RAHA Duo & Hazel Dean Davis: Toward the Sky
Friday, April 8 2022 @ 7:00pm
Grace Church Van Vorst – 39 Erie St, Jersey City, NJ
In person: FREE, all ages welcome
COVID-19 vaccine and masks required
Livestream: Con Vivo Music on YouTube
Program:
Evan Ziporyn – Two Scenes from ShadowBang
Andrea Clearfield – Songs of the Wolf
Matthew Aucoin – The Sleepers for viola and piano *+
Jonathan Bailey Holland – The Stone and the Milkweed *~
Curtis Hughes – Department of Levitation Studies
Mel Fitzhugh – Violaceous
Jules Massenet – Amours Benis
* premiere
+ co-commissioned by RAHA Duo and Con Vivo Music
~ The commission of “The Stone and the Milkweed” is made possible thanks to the generous contributions of Steve Eddins, Aaron Jophlin, Hazel Davis, and Steve Hackbarth along with grants from the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture, The Longy School of Music, and Brevard Music Center.
Performed by: Amelia Hollander Ames (viola), Elaine Rombola Aveni (piano), and Hazel Dean Davis (French horn)
CVM works to ensure that our concerts are accessible to all. If you require a special accommodation or have specific questions, please contact us at least two weeks prior to your visit.
CVM’s 2022 Season is supported by The Langworthy Foundation.
This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a division of the Department of State, and administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive & the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners.