Visionary Experience with Soprano & Classical Piano
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Sat, March 8, 2025, at 2:30 PM,
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Capacity
- 15 of 25 spots still available
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- Bring your own drinks
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided
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Wheelchair access
- Wheelchair Accessible
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- Some stairs may be present in the space
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- Kid-friendly event
This is a groupmuse
A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
Host
Ignite your creative spark within!
Dive into a concert designed to unleash your imagination, fuel your artistic endeavors, and feed your soul! In just minutes, discover powerful techniques to visualize your ideas, break through creative blocks, problem solve and immerse yourself in a world of artistic expression.
"In this place where language fails, music invites us into ever-deeper relationships with all beings, and with our heart's longing." F.O.S.
Living amid chaotic times, we yearn for connections that offer solace, possibility and hope. Join us as we listen and write, sketch and reengage in rich conversations, embrace the attentive music around and within, and exchange intangible, priceless flights with the music and art within. You need not consider yourself an artist nor even feel that you can sketch or, all are welcome to join in.
Led by Leslie Nolan with live music inspired by Groupmuse artists, this interactive session will guide you through music to stimulate your creativity and help you bring your artistic visions through word or image to life. Whether you're a seasoned artist, writer, or just beginning your creative journey, or avid music lover this workshop offers something for everyone. No previous artistic experience necessary!
Chinese American soprano Abagael Cheng is a singing artist, actor, producer, and activist who strives to break the boundaries of classical performance and move audiences towards engaging in social activism. Cheng sees her role in social justice and the arts to be one and the same: shifting culture through storytelling.
Michele Wong is a New-York based pianist with a passion for collaborative performance, and bringing classical repertoire to a diverse audiences. Currently pursuing her DMA at Juilliard, she also holds a Masters degree in collaborative piano from IU and a BM in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music.
Bring Your Journal or Sketch Book and Pencils! Art supplies & wine provided.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enjoy some profound music, to solve a problem, tap into your inner artist or writer and connect with like-minded individuals, to experience the joy of music with creative exploration. Embark on a journey of artistic discovery and inspiration!
Please tell a friend. Concerts of this kind a rare to find in our area. Let's help grow Groupmuse concerts with friends and family. Musical kids welcome!
What's the music?
Unfinished Business is a classical song recital centered around that which haunts us in this life and beyond. Regret, yearning, and loss all represent incomplete journeys and potential futures that we carry with us, even past their expiration. Combining French, German, and American songs from the last two centuries, this performance evokes the curiosity and pain of unrealized possibilities from the voices of artists past and present. By acknowledging these suppressed dreams, can we step closer to accepting the grief that comes with them?
The program, presented by soprano Abagael Cheng and pianist Michele Wong, features works by Undine Smith Moore, Clara Schumann, Eve Beglarian, William Grant Still, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, and more.
FULL PROGRAM:
Colloque Sentimental by Claude Debussy
Sie liebten sich beide by Clara Schumann
Once upon a time by Charles Strouse & Lee Adams
Les moulins de mon coeur by Michel Lengrad
I am in doubt by Undine Smith Moore
L'accordeoniste by Michel Emer
INTERMISSION
Farther from the heart by Eve Beglarian
La mort d'Ophélie by Hector Berlioz
Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant by Francis Poulenc
If you should go by William Grant Still
Where does this music come from?
Unfinished Business ties together histories from across the world, unified around the shared human experience of hope and desire. The program draws from traditions of German Lied and French Mélodie, highlighting the French fascination with ghosts and the mysteries of the afterlife. Additionally, the two French cabaret songs contribute the cold, cynical viewpoint from a time of endless war. There is even an excerpt of Ophelia's iconic death scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet, translated into French and set to music by Berlioz. In terms of American music, the recital features works by BIPOC and women composers, for each of which singing is an essential tool for coming together with their communities.
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