MEXA Oct 29, 2023

MEXA Musica Viva NY presents Mexamorphosis & Musica Viva NY soloists Sunday, October 29 at 5pm All Souls NYC 1157 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10075

WELCOME TO MUSICA VIVA NY’S 2023-24 SEASON!

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his season we aim to provide solace, joy, and a chance to discover unexpected connections and uncommon intersections between musical traditions. We invite you to join us on this musical journey which offers experiences that are unique because of Musica Viva NY’s original programming.

Our first concert, MEXA, explores connections between disparate musical traditions from various parts of the world including Africa, North India, Mexico and Europe. In collaboration with Mexamorphosis, an arts organization founded and led by Mexican mezzo-soprano and Artistic Director Guadalupe Peraza, we celebrate musical diversity across centuries and cultures. Mexamorphosis is dedicated to building cultural bridges, nurturing a community where artists and audiences alike find a sense of belonging. Guadalupe Peraza, who frequently performs with Musica Viva NY, shares her perspective on this collaboration: “Alejandro and I, both from Mexico, are passionate musicians completely devoted to our craft. As professional musicians, we consistently engage with diverse music spanning various centuries and regions worldwide.

Furthermore, we both share a profound interest not only in advocating for our culture and traditions through music but also in uncovering their origins and connections, thereby revealing their intrinsic value beyond the superficial or stereotypical portrayals that we often encounter.”

We invite you to join us in discovering the striking similarities between pieces from multiple traditions as they are juxtaposed in unconventional ways during this concert.

Many of you have generously supported our recording project, and we are thrilled to announce that the recording will be released on the esteemed Naxos label in the fall/winter of 2024. Recording sessions are scheduled for early December, following our concert on December 3. We are delighted to announce that Frederica von Stade will be singing the solo in Joseph Turrin’s cantata at that concert and for our recording (you will find further details about the recording in this program). Thank you for making this project possible!

Lastly, we encourage you to explore the “Did you know?” section in this program to learn about the excellent educational programs we are conducting across various communities throughout New York City as part of our community engagement.

As always, thank you for coming and thank you for supporting Musica Viva NY! Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Artistic Director Jasna Vasić, Executive Director

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Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 5pm All Souls NYC

MEXA Musica Viva NY presents Mexamorphosis & Musica Viva NY soloists Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Artistic Director Trent Johnson, Assistant Conductor & Organist Mexamorphosis Guadalupe Peraza, Artistic Director and Founder, Mezzo-soprano Mexamorphosis Guest Artists Baba Moussa, Talking Drum Victor Murillo, Requinto Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, Jarana and Voice Yacouba Sissoko, Kora and Voice Suhail Yusuf Khan, Sarangi and Voice Musica Viva NY Soloists Kathryn McCreary, Soprano Erinn Sensenig, Soprano Nathan Siler, Tenor In the program list below some of the entries consist of two or more pieces.

Where this is the case the pieces will be bridged into one another or connected, consistent with Mexamorphosis’ mission to celebrate musical diversity from different centuries and cultures.

Loa from “La púrpura de la rosa” . . . . . Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644 -1728) El Buscapiés. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (trad. “Son Jarocho”) Cantarico, no te me quiebres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Improvisation by Trent Johnson Trent Johnson, organ and vocal ensemble Dandula (everything has an end). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Yacouba Sissoko (popular song from Mali) Yacouba Sissoko, kora

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N’téri tièh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fodé Kouyaté (1964-) and Yacouba Sissoko Yacouba Sissoko, kora and Baba Moussa, talking drum Chacona ‘A la vida bona’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan Arañés (c. 1580 - c. 1649) Jarabi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (trad. song from Mali) Cuando el bien que adoromás. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Los chiles verdes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trad. “Son Jarocho”) Fuego, fuego. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco El Toro Zacamandú. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (trad. “Son Jarocho”)

INTERMISSION Puria Kalyan (raga, Indian structured melody). . . . (Ustad Sabri Khan (1927-2015) Suhail Yusuf Khan, sarangi My Heart, My Life. . . Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997) & Michael Brook (1951-) Suhail Yusuf Khan, sarangi and voice Accenti queruli (ciaccona). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giovanni Felice Sances (ca. 1600-1679) El Aguanieve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (trad. “Son Jarocho”) Lagrimosa belta (Cantata à due sopra la ciaccona). . . . . Giovanni Felice Sances Improvisation and excerpts L’Eraclito amoroso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) La Lloroncita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (trad. “Son Jarocho”) Usurpator tiranno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giovanni Felice Sances Improvisation and excerpts

We hope you will join us for a reception downstairs after the concert.

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MEET THE ARTISTS

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ounded in 1977, Musica Viva NY is a chamber choir of thirty professionals and highly skilled volunteers, based in Manhattan’s historic All Souls Church. Its mission is to bring world-class music to a widening community through its annual concert series, community engagement programs, and an ambitious artistic vision. Under the baton of Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez since 2015, Musica Viva NY has been praised by The New York Times as an “excellent chorus.” Musica Viva NY has toured in France (2004), Germany (2006) and Italy (2012).

Esteemed conductor and pianist Dr. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez is Artistic Director of Musica Viva NY and Director of Music at the historic Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan. He is also Artistic Director and cofounder of the New Orchestra of Washington, and Artistic Director of the Victoria Bach Festival. He has earned accolades from The Washington Post as a conductor “with the incisive clarity of someone born to the idiom,” as well as praise from The New York Times for leading “a stirring performance” of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. At a concert commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Armistice (featuring the world premiere of Joseph Turrin’s cantata, And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair) Oberon’s Grove wrote: “Maestro Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez drew rich, warm sounds from the musicians” in “a beautiful and deeply moving program.” He is featured in El mundo en las manos/Creadores mexicanos en el extranjero (The World in Their Hands/Creative Mexicans Abroad), a book by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs honoring Mexican nationals who are leading figures in diverse artistic fields. He is the recipient of a 2016 Shenandoah Conservatory Alumni of Excellence Award for his exemplary contribution to his profession, national level of prominence, and exceptional integrity.

A passionate advocate of new music, Hernandez-Valdez has commissioned and premiered works by Joan Tower, Arturo Márquez, Joseph Turrin, Gilda Lyons, Seymour Bernstein, Viet Cuong, Juan Pablo Contreras, Elena Ruehr, Ramzi Aburedwan, Jorge Vidales, Mokale Koapeng, Trent Johnson, Javier Farias, Andrés Levell, Zachary Wadsworth, Martin Spruijt, Joel Friedman, and other notable composers.

Hernandez-Valdez’s guest conducting engagements include appearances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Lincoln Center in New York City, and the historic Degollado Theatre in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has directed the Jalisco Philharmonic. He resides in New York City.

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ounded and led by Mexican Mezzo-Soprano and Artistic Director Guadalupe Peraza, Mexamorphosis is a celebration of musical diversity from different centuries and cultures. Since its first season in 2016, Mexamorphosis has presented cross-cultural programs that question the boundaries drawn between “folk music” and “classical music”, street and concert hall, old world and new world, showcasing connections between contemporary regional Mexican styles and European early music, drawing out influences from Iberia and West Africa.

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MEET THE ARTISTS With a rotating cast of artists specialized in diverse musical practices, Mexamorphosis presents intercultural programs that highlight shared roots, timeless collective narratives, and forms of expression that, although seemingly distant, share common ground. Its mission is to establish cultural bridges by fostering a participatory community where artists and audiences alike feel a sense of belonging. Mexamorphosis makes room for each artist to speak their tradition freely, to see themselves through their colleagues, and to discover new modes of expression.

Living Up, a Mexican arts and culture magazine, wrote, “This daring, extravagant, and unique show bridges origins and traditions to showcase cultural coexistence, aiming to break stereotypes that distance the audience from classical music…”

Previous performances have brought together musicians, dancers and visual artists from traditions such as Son Jarocho, Irish traditional music, early western classical music, West African Griot Music, and Turkish music.

Performances have been presented at intimate venues and metropolitan theaters in Mexico and the USA. During this season, in collaboration with featured soloists from Musica Viva NY, Peraza brings together renowned Mexican music representatives Sinuhe Padilla and Victor Murillo; top Hindustani Sarangi player and vocalist Suhail Yusuf Khan, described as “bravely original” (The Guardian); Griot Music collaborators from West Africa include master Kora player and singer Yacouba Sissoko’s “magnificent complex fingerwork” (Afropop Worldwide) and “lacework arpeggios” (The New York Times) and Baba Moussa on the Talking Drum. www.mexamorphosis.org Facebook.com/mexamorphosis instagram.com/mexamorphosis_mexamorfosis Guadalupe Peraza, Artistic Director and Founder, Mexamorphosis “If one came across Guadalupe Peraza on the street, singing, dancing and playing hand percussion, you’d stop and watch [...] when Peraza sang, “Here’s to the good life,” one could momentarily forget the troubles of the world… On the flip side, Peraza [uses] unforced, genuine emotion [and] appealingly pure, direct storytelling. Peraza was unfailingly engaging and fully connected to the text” (Opera News).

Mexican mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Peraza has performed internationally on both concert and opera stages. She had her live solo debut with The American Classical Orchestra in NYC in June 2022, after their previous recording of the Chaconne Project in 2020.

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MEET THE ARTISTS In the 2022-23 season, Peraza performed with the New York Philharmonic and Mostly Mozart at David Geffen Hall, NYCO, and The American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, as well as The Bard Music Festival.

She previously served as an alto soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Fairfield County Chorale and Orchestra, and was also featured soloist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Symphony Space, and Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris in Mexico City. Peraza curated cross-cultural collaborations for Mexico’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with former ambassador Barbara Jones, in collaboration with Mick Moloney (RIP) and Green Fields of America. In 2016, she created Mexamorphosis and was awarded “Mexican Woman of the Year” by the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners in Union City, NJ, for her contributions to the Latin American community. She has participated in various productions at New York City Opera and Bard Summerscape, and has sung at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and Lincoln Center.

Trent Johnson is an organist, composer, pianist and conductor. He is the Organist and Assistant Director of Music of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City and is the Music Director of the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey. An active organ recitalist, Mr. Johnson has performed recitals in many of the major churches, concert halls and cathedrals in the United States, Europe and Asia. Some notable recital venues in New York have included the Riverside Church, St. Thomas’ Church 5th Avenue, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Brick Presbyterian Church. He is an organist at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, where he plays the “Mighty Wurlitzer” organ for the Christmas Spectacular Show.

Kathryn McCreary is a singer, actor and puppeteer. She most recently starred in Rescue Rue performing and puppeteering the role of Ms. Gladys, a kooky fairy Dog Mother. Katie toured with The Phantom of the Opera as an ensemble member and Carlotta cover. Katie was featured as one of the three girlfriends in Encores! The NewYorkers, the reconstructed Cole Porter musical. She also is a founding member of the “All’s Well Sisters” a Boswell Sisters inspired Jazz Trio. She was the 2019 Musical Theater winner of the American Traditions Vocal Competition as well as a Regional Met Competition finalist. In addition to Musica Viva NY, Katie sings with multiple choirs around New York, including Musica Sacra, the cathedral choir at St. John the Divine, Voices of Ascension, the Temple Emanu-el Choir, and ASO. You can find her every Sunday singing in the All Souls choir. She wants to thank her family (John, Dewey and Kleo) and the All Souls/ Musica Viva NY choir who lift her soul every week.

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MEET THE ARTISTS Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, soprano and voice teacher Erinn Sensenig is a passionate performer of early music and the music of living composers, both as professional choir member and soloist. She was most recently seen as History Teacher in Paul’s Case and as a soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Ad Astra Music Festival. Erinn has recently been seen as choir member and soloist with the choirs of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Temple Emanu-El, All Souls, Ember Ensemble, Musica Viva NY, New York Virtuoso Singers, and the American Symphony Orchestra. When living in Texas, Erinn performed with professional ensembles including Victoria Bach Festival and Orpheus Chamber Singers. She was a founding member of Verdigris Ensemble, a Dallas choir focused on multidisciplinary performance. Erinn is a choir soloist and Artistic Operations Manager at All Souls in Manhattan. Erinn received a degree in Music Education from Westminster Choir College. She owns Noisemaker Studios, where she teaches private voice students ages 12 and up.

Nathan Siler is a performer and composer who lives and works in New York City. In addition to singing as a soloist for Musica Viva NY, Composer’s Choir (New Haven, CT), Virtuoso Singers, Cantori New York, and All Souls Church, he frequently performs as a chorister at Carnegie Hall with the Bard Festival Chorale and at Lincoln Center with the Concert Chorale of New York. When not singing, Nathan keeps a busy schedule as a music producer, recording engineer, and videographer. On Sunday morning, November 5th, he will premiere his arrangements of songs from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon as part of a regular service at All Souls to accompany Senior Minister Galen Guengerich’s tribute to the 50th anniversary of this landmark album.

Mexamorphosis instrumentalists Victor Murillo, Requinto Victor Murillo is a touring artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, film score composer, and educator. He is known for his work as a bass player within both traditional worlds of jazz and Mexican folk. Victor takes both musics internationally, performing with artists like Lila Downs, La Marisoul, and The Hot Sardines. He studied composition for film at Berklee School of Music and then moved to New York City to get his masters degree in jazz. You can also catch Victor producing music for numerous successful artists and films.

Sinuhe Padilla, Jarana, voice and percussion The Mexican musicologist, producer, composer, and artistic director of Jarana Beat, Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza has been responsible for leading multiple compelling artistic and social projects around the world. His initiative champions traditional and contemporary Afro-Amerindian —8—

MEET THE ARTISTS music and culture from Central and South America, but his true passion is rooted in his love for Mexico, Nahuatl cosmogony, sacred Aztec music and dance. Among his greatest accomplishments is the direction of several musical quests including JARANA BEAT. His dedication within Son Jarocho culture and other Mexican traditions has positioned him as a reference in New York and in other cities of the United States, Canada, Spain and Central and South America.

Yacouba Sissoko, Kora Master kora player Yacouba Sissoko devotes his musical gift toward expanding the awareness of West African history and culture, spreading the word of peace, and empowering his listeners to take charge and realize their imagined futures. Yacouba has performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC; the Grant Park Music Festival in Millennium Park, Chicago, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. He gives back to the community through his work with La Maison d’Art Gallery in Harlem. He was selected as a Teaching Artist in 2007 by the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall and Carnegie’s Musical Explorers program. Currently, Yacouba can be seen performing regularly with Regina Carter and his own band, SIYA. Baba Moussa, Talking Drum Baba Moussa, native of Mali, West Africa, is a percussionist and Talking Drum specialist. He has performed internationally across Africa and the USA at stages such as Carnegie Hall, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The New Mexico Music Festival, International Brooklyn Art Festival, and the Boston BAM Festival. He performs regularly throughout New York City and every month at Lunatico Bar in Brooklyn with the group SIYA. Suhail Yusuf Khan, Sarangi and Voice Suhail is a PhD. candidate at Wesleyan University and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at The Hartt School, University of Hartford. He brings together expertise from a performance career that has extended over 20 years, a creative ability, and the academic research to find new modes of expression in Hindustānī music. His doctoral dissertation, “Bridge Overtones: Lessons from the Sarangi” is the first indepth ethnomusicological study of the North Indian bowed instrument tradition by a hereditary sarangi player. He has been featured on more than fifteen albums and signed to Domino records, U.K.

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MUSICA VIVA NY Our Team Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez

Dinah Nissen, Esq.

Conductor and Artistic Director

Marketing Director

Jasna Vasić

Kate Phillips

Executive Director

Director of Community Engagement

Trent Johnson

Barbara de Bellis

Assistant Director of Music

Librarian

Erinn Sensenig

Nathan Siler

Operations and Production Manager

Digital Marketing Consultant

Board of Directors Julie Brannan President

Lisa O’Brien, Esq. Treasurer

Dinah Nissen, Esq.

Heidi DuBois Vice-President

Shawn Bartels

David Rockefeller, Jr.

Winnie Olsen Secretary

Shu-Wie Chen

Kate Phillips

Constance Beavon Melanie Niemiec

Advisory Board Seymour Bernstein

Galen Guengerich

Jean-Louis Petit

Laurel Blossom

Susan Jolles

Bruce Saylor

Renée Fleming

Walter Klauss Artistic Director Emeritus

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PATRON SUPPORT LEVELS FOR OUR 2023-2024 SEASON

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e need your generous contributions for our 2023-2024 season to support the outstanding concerts and community engagement programming of the Musica Viva NY choir and instrumentalists. There is a level for every budget, and you will enjoy special benefits as a measure of our thanks. Your contribution can be made as a one-time gift, or on a recurring basis.

PATRON LEVELS APPASSIONATO $10,000 and above • Invitation to a dinner featuring a special performance by the Artistic Director • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft • Six complimentary season subscriptions • Reserved seating • Two free passes to each concert’s Saturday dress rehearsal CON FUOCO $5,000 to $9,999 • Invitation to a dinner featuring a special performance by the Artistic Director • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft • Five complimentary season subscriptions • Reserved seating • Two free passes to each concert’s Saturday dress rehearsal CON BRIO $3,000 to $4,999 • Invitation to a dinner featuring a special performance by the Artistic Director • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft

• Four complimentary season subscriptions • Reserved seating • Two free passes to each concert’s Saturday dress rehearsal RISOLUTO $1,000 to $2,999 • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft • Three complimentary season subscriptions • Reserved seating • Two free passes to each concert’s Saturday dress rehearsal ESPRESSIVO $500 to $999 • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft • Two complimentary season subscriptions • Preferred seating CANTABILE $150 - $499 • Invitation to a season preview with the Artistic Director in the choir loft • One complimentary season subscription • Preferred seating DOLCE $25-$149 • Acknowledgment in program at all levels — 11 —

MUSICA VIVA NY PATRONS 2023-24

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e are deeply grateful to our Patrons listed below for their support of our 2023-2024 season. Thank you for joining us! Your support for our outstanding Musica Viva NY artists, our high-caliber, innovative choral and chamber music performances, and our community engagement is vital and essential.

Corporate and Foundation Support The Heart & Soul Charitable Fund New York City Department of Cultural Affairs The Rea Charitable Fund The Women’s Alliance The Alice M. Ditson Fund Appassionato $10,000 and above Melanie & David Niemiec Susan & David Rockefeller, Jr. Con Fuoco $5,000 to $9,999 Heidi & Nicholas DuBois Don & Georgia Gogel Fritz Reuter Jennifer Shotwell Con Brio $3,000 to $4,999 Shu-Wie Chen Lois Gaeta, in Memory of David Remember Baker Pamela Healey Gunleif Jacobsen & Thomas Simpson Charitable Fund Dinah Nissen & Elizabeth Apelles Lisa O’Brien Madonna K. Starr

Risoluto $1,000 - $2,999 Constance Beavon Bill Bechman & Tom Garlock Tom & Heli Blum Julie Brannan Lisa & Richard Cashin Victor Fidel & Heather Floyd Galen Guengerich & Holly Atkinson Margaret T. MacCary Harold Norris & Kell Julliard Winnie Olsen Laura Pedersen Brenda Walker Espressivo $500 - $999 Lynne & Richard Allen Barbara de Bellis, in memory of Greta Minsky Robin Bossert Miles Chapin Cynthia & Richard Esposito Dixie Goss & Dan Cryer Mary Gundermann Michele Jawin & Dr. Mark Kroll Suzanne Olbricht & Kevin Fickenscher Kate Phillips

To find out about ways to support Musica Viva NY through employer matching, volunteering, and monthly giving, please contact our Executive Director at jasna@musicaviva.org.

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MUSICA VIVA NY PATRONS 2023-24 Judith Samuelson & Vic Henschel Karen Steele Deborah Taylor Ned Whitney & Martha Howell Aracy Winter Cantabile $150 - $499 Anne Brewer Nancy Deering Mary Geissman Dana Ivey Millie & John Liebmann Claire Richard Gayle Sanders Jasna Vasić Margaret Williamson Rachel Ziemba One anonymous donor

Dolce $25 - $149 Betsy & David Bennett Joan Flesch Christine Goodwin Nathalie Moore Mary Persic Linda Rousseau

This list reflects gifts received from June 1, 2023 to October 19, 2023.

Update on Musica Viva NY’s recording project

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n December 3, 2023, in our concert CRIMSON ROSES, we will perform the three works that we are going to record - by Joseph Turrin, Gilda Lyons and Richard Einhorn. Each was commissioned and premiered

by Musica Viva NY. Then, on December 5 and 6, the choir and orchestra will travel up to SUNY Purchase Concert Hall in Westchester, which is known for its excellent acoustic, to make our recording. We are delighted to announce that the internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade will be singing the solo in the Turrin work at the concert and for our recording.

The prestigious Naxos label will release the recording and CD. We are extremely grateful to all who made this recording project possible with their generous support, including the prestigious Alice M. Ditson Fund,Julia Lanigan, the Musica Viva NY Board of Directors and a generous Musica Viva NY Board member who proposed a match of $25,000 which we met with your support.

For more information about the project visit our website at www.musicaviva.org.

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Did you know? ✹ Musica Viva NY reaches almost 1,000 students each year in New York Public Schools, through concerts and educational workshops.

✹ Musica Viva NY partners with the New York Public Library to present monthly family concerts in various neighborhoods in the Bronx reaching over 300 families each year.

For more information about all our community engagement activity please visit the “Engagement” page on our website musicaviva.org.

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MUSICA VIVA NY 2023-2024 SEASON Our remaining concerts this season: December 3, 2023 CRIMSON ROSES: The Musica Viva NY Commissions, Joseph Turrin, Gilda Lyons, Richard Einhorn

March 3, 2024

BECAUSE: Bach, Gounod, Beethoven and Bierey

May 19, 2024

PERPETUAL LIGHT: Mozart and Golijov

Save the date for an exclusive event at the Century Club on January 23, 2024 to support Musica Viva NY. More details to come, but mark your calendars!

SPONSOR MUSICA VIVA NY There are many opportunities to play a role in bringing Musica Viva NY’s season to life as a sponsor, including: • Underwrite a concert • Underwrite a recording • Underwrite a tour • Underwrite the appearance of a guest artist Naming opportunities are available for sponsors.

Contact Jasna Vasić, Executive Director at jasna@musicaviva.org.

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Musica Viva NY is extremely grateful for the following help with its 2023-24 season from:

All Souls NYC (www.AllSoulsNYC.org) for Musica Viva NY’s meeting, rehearsal, performance, and reception spaces as well as for the facilities and events staff who help make all productions run smoothly

Heart & Soul Fund, Inc. for its longtime support of our community engagement programming

MVNY’s community engagement is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Women’s Alliance

Musica Viva NY 1157 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10075

212 794 3646 info@musicaviva.org