Freedom and Faith

Each of the composers on this concert program and GRAMMY® Nominated album claims their seat at the table of history with distinction, virtuosity, and a very necessary subversive power. Expressing a unique and personal relationship to Faith, their music touches on the resilience many marginalized composers must maintain, tapping into Faith in the face of oppression, and sometimes using Faith rhetorically to be accepted by the status quo. Despite variations on themes of oppression repeated throughout the eras, these composers' power, sound, and expression continue to resonate in many shapes and forms: Despite history, their spirits continue to inspire and ring on.