Anti-Gay-Bullying-Inspired chamber piece, Only Air by Dennis Tobenski
Sat Nov 1, 2014, 6p
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 3281 16th St. @ Dolores, San Francisco www.stmatthews-sf.org
Rainbow Chamber Players, tenor *Neil Sharp, and pianist/conductor *Cyrus Ginwala will perform
Program: *Richard Muczynski Wind Quintet *Miguel del Aguila Salon Buenos Aires (excerpt) *David del Tredici Acrostic Song (Chamber version) *Dennis Tobenski Only Air (Chamber version, West Coast Premiere) Johann Strauss II/ arr. Arnold Schoenberg Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
* LGBTQ Performers and Composers Series
Reception follows the performance at 538 Sanchez @ 18th St.
Cost: Free, Donations for the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony bars-sf.org
Only Air is a 20-minute work for voice and chamber ensemble with a text by poet Kathryn Levy that memorializes the LGBT teenagers who have taken their own lives due to anti-gay bullying. Originally composed for voice and orchestra and commissioned by the Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra, this chamber version was commissioned and premiered by The Secret Opera, a New York-based opera company dedicated to presenting provocative and socially relevant operatic and vocal works. The piece is in the form of an extended song with five instrumental interludes, which are meditations on five young men who committed suicide: Justin Aaberg, Seth Walsh, Asher Brown, Zach Harrington, and Tyler Clementi.
Rainbow Chamber Players is composed of members of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS). BARS is dedicated to increasing visibility and challenging stereotypes of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and (LGBT) composers and instrumentalists, connecting with audiences of all communities. bars-sf.org
Public Transportation: Muni J Church, 16th St, BART: 16th St. Mission
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