INSPIRED BY NEW ORLEANS

The League of Composers-ISCM presents a concert featuring works inspired by New Orleans, showcasing compositions by celebrated composers Odaline de la Martinez and Barbara Jazwinski. The program includes arias and duets from de la Martinez's opera Imoinda: A Story of Love and Slavery, alongside a selection of Jazwinski's chamber works. This unique performance highlights the talents of acclaimed artists, including sopranos Manna K. Jones and tenor Robert Mack; pianists Kyle Walker and Steven Beck; violinist Marina Kifferstein; violist Leah Asher; cellist Meaghan Burke; and bassoonist Marta Troicki. This New York concert offers a captivating blend of operatic and instrumental pieces, emphasizing the diverse influences of New Orleans on these two distinguished composers.

Sunday | October 13, 2024 | 7 pm
Opera America - Marc Scorca Hall
330 7th Ave, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001

Manna K Jones, soprano
Robert Mack, tenor
Kyle Walker, piano
Marina Kifferstein, violin
Leah Asher, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello
Marta Troicki, bassoon
Steven Beck, piano

Program

Odaline de la Martinez
Imoinda: Story of Love and Slavery
(Arias and Duets from the Opera, Libretto by Joan Anim Addo)

Barbara Jazwinski
Incantations for violin solo
String Trio
Wind Shadows

Louis Karchin - A Retrospective

The League of Composers-ISCM presents world premieres and other chamber music by prominent New York-based composer Louis Karchin, written between the years 2018 and 2023, performed by some of New York's most acclaimed artists dedicated to new music, including the Horszowski Trio, instrumental soloists Stephen Drury, Miranda Cuckson, and Steven Beck, and sopranos Alice Teyssier and Marisa Karchin.

Sunday | September 22 2024 | 4 pm
Merkin Hall - Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street (btw Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10023

Alice Teyssier and Marisa Karchin, sopranos
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Stephen Drury and Steven Beck, piano
Horszowski Trio: Jesse Mills, Ole Akahoshi, Rieko Aizawa

Program 

Louis Karchin  –  Sonata-Fantasia (2020, NY Premiere)
Louis Karchin  –  Two Sacred Songs (2018, World Premiere)
Louis Karchin  –  Sonata quasi un capriccio (2023, World Premiere)
Louis Karchin  –  Compositions on Canvas: Two Art Songs (2021, World Premiere)
Louis Karchin  –  Trio for violin, cello, and piano (2019)

Additional concerts will be announced soon.