In Wonderland
A Music Drama Through Art Song
Follow Ann, a recent widow, and her young daughter Lili, as the face the predicament of either remaining behind in their patriarchal homeland or treading unknown roads in search of new beginnings.
Bear witness as Ann packs light and quickly takes her daughter away into a better future.
Gwenna Fairchild Taylor (soprano), Alondra Vega-Zaldivar (soprano), Alexander Smith (percussion), Joel Tangjerd (cello), Caitlin Frasure (piano).
Not pictured: Katherine Watson (flute), Michael Lukaszuk (electronics), Pratik Gandhi (conductor)
Program
Part 1
Homesick - Intermezzo for solo cello
by Edgar Suski
I Ask My Mother to Sing for soprano, mezzo-soprano and xylophone
music by Matthew Becker poem by Li-Young Lee
Pack Light for soprano, flute, cello and percussion
music and libretto by Alondra Vega-Zaldivar
When You Unpack It for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, cello and vibraphone
music by Rose M. Hall libretto by Lila Palmer
Journey Poems for soprano, flute, cello, piano and percussion
music by Gene Pritsker,
poems by H. Hesse, L. Tzu, M. Basho, J. Kerouac and R. Tagore
Hope, Travelling Somewhere New for soprano, mezzo-soprano and vibraphone
music and libretto by Elizabeth Hannan
Searching for mezzo-soprano and piano
music and poetry by Roydon Tse
In Stars We'll Lose Our Way... for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano, percussion
music by Juro K. Feliz poetry by Riley Palanca
Part 2
Utterings for mezzo-soprano and electronics
music and text by Michael Lukaszuk
Full Moon Peeps for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano and percussion
music by José Jesús de Azevedo Souza and poems by P. K. Padhy and V. Boyko
Coming Home for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, cello and piano
music and libretto by Homa Samiei
Home Is A Complicated Word for soprano and piano
music and poem by Aaron Lee
No La Voc for soprano and flute
music by Christina Volpini and poem by Guilio Grimaldi
Ballots Boxes and Dead Flags for soprano, flute, cello, percussion, pianos and electronics
music and libretto by Andrzej Tereskowski
Blue Hum for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano, percussion and electronics
music by Peter Michael von der Nahmer libretto by M. Mott Newirth and A. Prestidge
