The Marea Ensemble:
Shannon Delaney D’Antonio, concert director and violin
Samantha Bounkeua, violin
Rebecca Dulatre Corbin, viola
Kristin Garbeff, cello
Lori Schulman, soprano
Throughout history music has been used to communicate the deep and varied emotions of our shared human experience. In this program, we address the current emotional state of our world starting in the depths of despair with Shostakovich’s eighth string quartet from Communist Russia, and ending with a message of hope and gratitude delivered by a late-Beethoven string quartet. We feature works by contemporary composers Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Eliza Brown, and Kenji Bunch that address this theme of political protest, resistance to the status quo, and hope for a better future. It also features the world premiere of a new work by Santa Cruz composer Chris Pratorius Gómez, in collaboration with queer poet Kristen Nelson, written specifically for this program.
