Resonance Works To Open Its Season With ‘The National Anthems’

By Nicole Kuchta
(Credit: David Sterling)

Resonance Works is set to kick off its seventh season with “The National Anthems,” which will feature a multi-cultural program inspired by David Lang’s work of the same name for choir and string quartet.

This season, the company will focus on themes of cultural inclusion and gender equality, showcasing underrepresented works and composers.

“There is a pressing need to update and expand our understanding of history by including art created by more than just white men,” stated Artistic Director Maria Sensi Sellner in a press release. “To be truly relevant today, the diversity in our art should reflect the diversity in our communities. Women are half the population and are writing much of the most important music right now, but we are still not used to hearing more than a couple of pieces in a season.

“It takes a little effort to begin to shift that paradigm, but really only a little. Resonance Works has decided to take that step and show what that could look like, and it’s really exciting.”

The season opener will feature works by a variety of composers from across the globe, including Gabriela Lena Frank, Chen Yi, Vivian Fung, Jorge Sosa, Arvo Pärt, James MacMillan, Caroline Shaw, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Enoch Sontonga, Florence Price, Kaija Saariaho, and Silvestre Revueltas. Sellner will lead the six piece instrumental ensemble and twenty-voice Resonance Works Festival Chorus.

Performances will take place on Nov. 2 and 3, 2019 at University of Pittsburgh’s non-denominational Heinz Memorial Chapel and Charity Randall Theatre.

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