Spring 2025
Join the Mixed Ensemble for an incredibly special evening celebrating the vast majesty of nature, as we look both outward and inward to contemplate our relationship with nature. This program features the East Coast premiere of "From Wilderness" by Jeffrey Derus, winner of our 2023-2024 Competition for Young Composers.
Note: Latecomers will NOT be admitted once the performance of "From Wilderness" begins after the first two pieces on the program.
Alex Canovas, conductor
PROGRAM
Cloudburst, Eric Whitacre
Earth Song, Frank Ticheli
Justin Duckworth, conductor
*From Wilderness, Jeffrey Derus
Bloom Sound Collective, crystal singing bowls
Hannah Rubin, cello
*East Coast Premiere
Our final concert of the season brings us back to the East Coast for a program of works that explore various levels of our connection to nature — how we experience it, harm it, and ultimately return to it. This program will feature the world premiere of works written for YNYC by our 2024-2025 Competition for Young Composers finalists: Courage Barda, Jadie Douglass Reeves, and Sam Wu.
Alex Canovas, conductor
Rachel DeVore Fogarty, piano
PROGRAM
Earth Song, Frank Ticheli
From Rivers, Caroline Shaw
Emily Crowe Sobotko, conductor
Hannah Rubin, cello
Spring Shall Bloom, Susan LaBarr
Emily Crowe Sobotko, conductor
To the flowers that spring, Rachel DeVore Fogarty
The Answer, Matthew Lyon Hazzard
Where Do The Roads Go?, Sally Lamb McCune
Shenandoah, arr. Kevin Memley
Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Dolly Parton arr. Craig Hella Johnson
*Under the city, Courage Barda
*My Spirit Sings, Jadie Douglass Reeves
*The Painter on Silk, Sam Wu
*Competition for Young Composers Finalist
