Sound^Sphere presents the Fulcrum Point New Music Project's 22nd Annual Concert for Peace.

Watch the concert on YouTube here.

Peace 2020: For the Fallen is dedicated to the front-line workers who’ve given so much this year of COVID-19 and social upheaval.

Featuring electroacoustic and intuitive music with special guest artist Angel Bat Dawid, Co-Curator of Aux In: Connected and Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard.

Pre-recorded at PianoForte Chicago due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the concert on the Fulcrum Point YouTube channel and Facebook page will premiere at 7:15 PM and introduced by a live artist discussion via Zoom hosted by Fulcrum Point Artistic Director Stephen Burns beginning at 7 PM. The artists will return on Zoom for further Q&A at the conclusion of the concert.

Selections and performers include:

For the Fallen by Judith Shatin
Stephen Burns, trumpet with electronics

3X1-1 by Patrick Grant
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano | Steve Roberts, electric guitar with electronics

Laconisme de l'aile by Kaija Saariaho
Dalia Chin, flute with electronics

String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Rika Seko and Kathleen Carter, violins | Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola | Paula Kosower, violoncello

Intuitive Music
Angel Bat Dawid and Sistas of the Nitty Gritty: Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet & vocals | Anaiet, piano & vocals | Brooklynn Skye Scott, bass

DOWNLOAD a PDF of the complete program notes here.