Featuring the world premiere of commissioned work by award-winning Anglo-Armenian composer Cevanne Horrocks-Hopiyian, titled Red Bird. This dynamic work explores the life and writings of Zitkala-sa, one of the most influential Native American activists of the twentieth century.

Plus the New York premiere of Deanna Witkowski’s Where Shadow Chases Light, and works by Gustav Holst, Eric Whitacre, Elena Kats Chernin, and Gyorgy Orban

With Taisiya Pushkar, piano and string quartet

Program:

Cevanne Horrocks-Hopiyian, Red Bird. World premiere commission

Deanna Witkowski, Where Shadow Chases Light

Elena Kats Chernin, Memorial Rag

Gyorgy Orban, Mass No. 6

Eric Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs

Gustav Holst, Ave Maria