Celebrating 50 Years of Music

Karim Al-Zand

A new work to be announced

Anthony Brandt

A concerto for cello and chamber orchestra, to be performed by Shepherd School faculty member Norman Fischer

Arthur Gottschalk

A concerto for piano and chamber orchestra performed by Milton Laufer, Shepherd alumnus and Director of the Syracuse University School of Music

Pierre Jalbert

A new piece for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

Kurt Stallmann

A new multi-media collaborative work, The Fruit and the Work, co-created with poet and Rice University English Professor Joseph Campana, addressing the historical and evolving relationship between humans and honey bees. Includes live poetry, a small chorus, instrumentalists, live electronics, projections, and theatrical lighting.