Concert IV: What is Home?

Eric Nathan, CONDUCTOR
Tony Arnold, SOPRANO
(2025-2026 Collage Artistic Partner)

Collage New Music
Catherine French, VIOLIN; Mark Berger, VIOLA; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO;  Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Christopher Oldfather, PIANO; Andy Kozar, TRUMPET; Pierre Bibault, GUITAR; Craig McNutt, PERCUSSION

April 26, 2026, at 3pm
Longy School of Music, Award Pickman Hall
Presented in partnership Longy School of Music

The Frank B. Epstein Concert, made possible with the support of Michael Blau and an anonymous donor

Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00pm with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and composers

$35 General Admission; $15 Students (Longy Students and Faculty: Free)

ABOUT

Our season finale celebrates the rich mosaic of home in America. At its heart is the world premiere of What is Home?, a new work What is Home? commissioned by Collage in collaboration with Eighth Blackbird (Chicago) and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (San Francisco). This 45-minute composition, crafted by six composers, explores the question, “What does home mean to you today?” Spanning the East and West Coasts, the piece reflects the multifaceted experiences that define the United States. Following this premiere, the work will be presented in Midwest and West Coast performances in 2026-27.

Music from this program will be repeated on April 27, 2026 as part of a collaboration with Shelter Music Boston at a shelter in Boston.

PROGRAM

Christopher Trapani: Waterlines (2005/2012)
Soprano, Guitarist (steel-stringed guitar, electric guitar, Turkish fretless banjo), flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, viola (=stroh violin), cello, bass and electronics/amplification

INTERMISSION

What is Home? (World Premiere)
Collage Co-Commissions with Eighth Blackbird and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

JaRon Brown: sewn from a quilted puzzle of colours
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Erin Gee: Mouthpiece 45
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

April Dawn Guthrie: we don’t, but we could
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Juri Seo: Six Ordinary Images
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Angélica Negrón: Las muchas formas de una isla
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Eric Nathan: What is Home?
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Please join Collage for a reception following the performance