Date and Time
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Location
Truman Forum
Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
Fees/Admission
Free Admission
Website
Description
Two free performances on September 21st at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm
Examining musical interpretations of democracy and the democratic process, “Variations on Democracy” is a free chamber concert of ideas for MAFB’s smaller groups with works by Louis Andriessen, Jennifer Jolley, Jorge Sosa Ortega, Carol Erion, Ethel Smyth, and more plus a world premiere by MAFB artistic director Lee Hartman. Grammy-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson joins as vocal soloist. A preconcert panel discussion of political scientists and artists takes place an hour before each performance.
Program Subject to Change
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union
Spencer Arias: Freedom as the Waves
Carol Erion: Humming and Whooping
Lee Hartman: Variations on Democracy (commission and premiere)
Jennifer Jolley: MARCH!
Jorge Sosa Ortega: I Dissent, Movement III
John Dante Prevedini: In the Balance
Ethel Smyth: March of the Women
