BASS’s season finale celebrates the immense diversity of music from the Americas with works representing Canada, the US, the Caribbean, as well as Mexico and South America. The program includes 2 world premieres: Mikhail Johnson’s partnership with his fellow Jamaican, poet laureate Lorna Goodison, and Carlos Simon’s new work based on the searing poetry of Terrance Hayes.

Clarice Assad Confessions

Mikhail Johnson Praise to the Mother of Jamaican Art (BASS Commission, World Premiere)

Cecilia Livingston Penolope

Tania Leon Atwood Songs

Reinaldo Moya Ciudades del Porvenir

Gabriela Ortiz Canciones de Agua

Carlos Simon New Work (BASS Commission, World Premiere)

Sarah Brailey, Laura Strickling soprano;

Sarah Nelson Craft mezzo soprano Will Liverman baritone;

Michael Brofman, Mila Henry, Danny Zelibor piano

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE AT 7:00PM BY COMPOSER CARLOS SIMON