Ensemble PI: 13th Peace Project Concert BLACK LIVES MATTER Thur., Nov. 10, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, Marlon Daniel, Conductor.

"My Hood"

(Photo Credit: Mercedes Nugent Head)

Jessie Montgomery

Trevor Weston

(SMCVT.edu)

Courtney Bryan

(Twitter.com)

Alvin Singleton

Valerie Coleman

Sidney M. Boquiren

Marlon Daniel

Idith Korman writes:

Dear Mr. Zick, 

We would like to invite you to our next concert, Black Lives Matter, and we hope that you can make it and be there. 

best, 

Idith

Ensemble Pi, renowned for its socially conscious programs, will present an evening of premieres and recent works in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. “Ensemble Pi strongly believes in the need for a more just society. With this concert, it wishes to mourn the dead and celebrate the living by presenting the work of living composers who have responded musically to systemic racism and police brutality.”

— Artistic Director and pianist Idith Meshulam

Two Spirituals

I Want to Go Home (arranged by Jessie Montgomery, 2016) Premiere
There Is a Balm (arranged by Trevor Weston, 2016) Premiere
For baritone and chamber ensemble

Courtney Bryan
Etude II Secondline for Black Love; Piano Etudes: Carnival for Unity (2003)
For piano

Alvin Singleton
Jasper Drag (2000)
For clarinet, piano, and violin

Valerie Coleman
Wish (2015)
For flute and piano

Trevor Weston
Shape Shifter (The Angry Bluesman) (2011)
For cello

Sidney Boquiren
Stop and Frisk (2016) premiere of orchestrated version 
For tenor, baritone, and chamber ensemble
From the chamber opera, Independence Eve (2013)
text by Daniel Neer

Performers:
Barry Crowford, flute; Alexis Gerlach, cello; Moran Katz, clarinet; Karl Kramer, french horn; Idith Meshulam, piano; Damian Norfleet, baritone; Brandon Snook, tenor; Bill Trigg, percussion; Airi Yoshioka, violin; and Marlon Daniel, conductor.