Seattle Modern Orchestra: Sonidos Music of the Americas
$25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez — Trio Variations (for flute, clarinet, & piano; 2005)
Silvina Milstein — cristales y susurros (whispers and crystals) (for quintet; 2007; US premiere)
Luis Fernando Amaya — Studies for Bestiario: seis (for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, & electronics; 2020)
José-Luis Hurtado — Retour (for seven instruments; 2013)
Seattle Modern Orchestra presents an evening of dynamic chamber music from across the Americas. Curated by Cristina Valdés, longtime SMO pianist and founder of the Seattle Latin American Music Festival, this program features music by composers with roots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Argentina. Works by Angélica Negrón and Luis Fernando Amaya utilize electroacoustic soundscapes, José-Luis Hurtado's Retour invites SMO musicians to explore individualized timbral worlds, and the music of Silvina Milstein and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez offers the thrill of intricate chamber music dialogue.
About Seattle Modern Orchestra
Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.
SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.
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