Concert I: Memory Palaces

Eric Nathan, CONDUCTOR

Collage New Music
Catherine French, VIOLIN; Jason Fisher VIOLA; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO; Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Donald Berman, PIANO; Craig McNutt, PERCUSSION

The Ferdinando S. Buonanno Concert

September 28, 2025, at 3pm
Longy School of Music, Edward Pickman Hall (Cambridge, MA)
Presented in partnership with Longy School of Music

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

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

ABOUT

The season-opener invites audiences to explore composers’ evocative memories of place, centering on two locations: Los Angeles on the West Coast and Boston on the East Coast. Spanning both regions of the United States, the program reflects on the connection between place and memory. In light of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires—the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history—it pays tribute to the composers who have called these cities home. The first half focuses on Los Angeles, while the second shifts to Boston.

PROGRAM

Curtis K. Hughes: Vestibule III (2013)
Bass clarinet, marimba

Joan Huang-Kraft: A Flowing Brook in Yunnan (2020)
Solo piano

Sarah Gibson: I prefer living in color (2017)
Bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano

Christopher Cerrone: South Catalina (2014)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion

INTERMISSION

Curtis K. Hughes: Vestibule I (2013)
Flute, bass clarinet

Nina Young: Rising Tide (2015)
flute, clarinet (bass), percussion, piano (with 2 e-bows), violin, viola, cello

Nomi Epstein: with (2025) (World Premiere) Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Steven Stucky: Ad Parnassum (1998)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano

Please join Collage for a reception following the performance