Resonance Works reinvents its fall 2020 season with a national collaboration, a world premiere, and a celebration of women composers
PITTSBURGH, PA - (09.10.20) - Tickets are now on sale for the three new series in Resonance Works’ reimagined fall 2020 season: The March of the Women, The Decameron Opera Coalition presents “Tales from a Safe Distance”, and the Virtual Resonance Chamber Series, which kicks off this Saturday, September 12. All performances for the rest of 2020 will be presented exclusively online.
Praised for its “innovative streak” and the “infusion of sophistication and diversity” in its programming, Pittsburgh’s 7-year old multi-modal performing arts company has been approaching the difficult circumstances of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as a time for new approaches and bold collaborations.
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PRESS RELEASE: Resonance Works Pittsburgh becomes the second company to present acclaimed immigration opera, ‘I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams.’
On October 23 & 25, RESONANCE WORKS will open its 2020-2021 season with I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams at the New Hazlett Theater on Pittsburgh’s North Side. A collaboration between composer Jorge Sosa and creator and librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs, this acclaimed new opera champions the near perpetual struggles of immigrants and the often overlooked complexities of their stories. Building on its reputation for bringing the most important new American music to Pittsburgh audiences, Resonance Works becomes only the second company to present this celebrated new work.
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PRESS RELEASE: Resonance Works illuminates ancient voices with ‘… of dark and bright,’ featuring soloist Jeffrey Turner
PITTSBURGH, PA - (02.12.20) - on March 21 and 22, 2020, the Resonance Chamber Orchestra and Chorus will return to the concert hall with … of Dark and Bright featuring one of the first US performances of Missy Mazzoli’s remarkable new concerto for double bass Dark with Excessive Bright and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands for chorus and strings. With further works by Ottorino Respighi, Chen Yi and Gabriela Lena Frank, the whole of this program explores modern-era works that have been inspired by music and musical traditions of the past.
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