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Pittsburgh Perspectives Festival- Memorial Park Church, June 21st, 2022
  • En Mi Menor, Mi Menor Conga                                                                                   Guido Lopez Gavilan                                                                                                                                                                                              (b.1944)

  • Suite for Violin and Piano                                                                                  William Grant Still  
               Mother and Child                                                                                                                  (1895-1978)
              Gamin

  • La Bella Cubana for two violins and piano                                                       Jose White  
               (1836-1918)

  • Primavera Portena                                                                                             Astor Piazzolla
               (1921-1992)

  • Piano Quintet in A Minor                                                                                  Florence Price
              Andante con moto                                                                                                              (1887-1953)
              Juba
              Scherzo
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Preludio en Conga No. 2     ​​                                                                                                     Hilario González
(adapted for Woodwind Quartet by Amaury Morales)                                                        (1920-1999)
     Shantanique Moore, flute Ian Woodworth,
     oboe Ryan Leonard, clarinet  Kika Wright, bassoon
 
Prelude for Solo Piano​                                                                                                 Andrew Griffin  
     Amaury Morales, piano
 
El tiempo que se va for Woodwind Quartet & Piano                                                Jonatan Piña Duluc
(commissioned by I.C.Players)                                                                               
     Shantanique Moore, flute Ian Woodworth,
     oboe Ryan Leonard, clarinet Kika Wright,
     bassoon Amaury Morales, piano

Pittsburgh Perspectives Festival- Ebenezer Baptist Church, June 23rd, 2022
  • Strum for String Quartet                                                                                  Jessie Montgomery
                                                                                                                                                         (b. 1981)
Strum, the piece we hear today, has evolved through several versions and instrumentations and has its roots in two of Montgomery’s professional associations: the Providence Quartet and the Sphinx Organization. She has been affiliated with the latter, which supports young African American and Latinx string players, for more than two decades. As Montgomery explains:
“Strum is the culminating result of several versions of a string quintet I wrote in 2006. It was originally written for the Providence String Quartet and guests of Community MusicWorks Players, then arranged for string quartet in 2008 with several small revisions. In 2012 the piece underwent its final revision with a rewrite of both the introduction and the ending for the Catalyst Quartet in a performance celebrating the 15th annual Sphinx Competition. The string orchestra arrangement represents the 2012 final version.

“Originally conceived for the formation of a cello quintet, the voicing is often spread wide over the ensemble, giving the music an expansive quality of sound. Within Strum I utilized texture motives, layers of rhythmic or harmonic ostinati that string together to form a bed of sound for melodies to weave in and out. The strumming pizzicato serves as a texture motive and the primary driving rhythmic underpinning of the piece. Drawing on American folk idioms and the spirit of dance and movement, the piece has a kind of narrative that begins with fleeting nostalgia and transforms into ecstatic celebration.”
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  • Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint                                                                       Florence Price
            Go Down Moses                                                                                                                    (1887-1953)
            Somebody’s Knockin’ At Yo Do’
            Little David Play on Yo’ Harp
            Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
 
             Maureen Conlon Gutierrez – violin
             Sandro Leal-Santiesteban – violin
             Kaila Potts – viola
             Katya Janpoladyan - cello
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Paul Thompson Jazz Trio
Paul Thompson - bass
George Heid III - drums
Anthony Croes – piano

Pittsburgh Perspectives Festival- Discoteca Insomnia, June 26th, 2022
SWEET PLANTAIN STRING QUARTET 
  Eddie Venegas – Violin
Joe Deninzon – Violin
Orlando Wells – Viola
Leo Grinhauz – Cello
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