SoNA
Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
Imagine Big October 29, 2022 Walton Arts Center Paul Haas, conductor
“Connecting Go BIG or Go HOME, the Shostakovich Concerto No. 1, and Pictures at an Exhibition is a spirit of ambition, imagination, and contagious energy that speaks to SoNA’s biggest season yet and our vibrant future.” – Paul Haas
Go BIG or Go HOME (2019)
Jessica Meyer has been making waves. A
Jessica Meyer
violist, a teacher, and a composer, she brings
b 1974
a sheaf of sensibilities to her wide-ranging and always fresh compositions. Electronics. Period instruments. Latin. Hip-Hop. Bluegrass. Funk. And, yes, Brahms.
They’re not musical directives you would encounter in the score of a Brahms
Go BIG or Go HOME dates from early 2019.
symphony. But there they are in the score
Meyer tells us that it began as the last
to Go BIG or Go HOME: Swervy Heavy Funk,
movement of a string quartet that she had
Slammin’, like a Burlesque solo, think Miami
written for Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble.
Afro-Cuban... ALWAYS FUN!
“When the opportunity came up for me