Concert IV: What is Home?

Eric Nathan, CONDUCTOR
Tony Arnold, SOPRANO (2025-2026 Collage Artistic Partner)

Collage New Music
Catherine French VIOLIN; Mark Berger VIOLA; Jan Müller-Szeraws, CELLO; Pascale Delache-Feldman, DOUBLE BASS; Sarah Brady, FLUTE; Alexis Lanz, CLARINET; Christopher Oldfather, PIANO, Andy Kozar, TRUMPET; Pierre Bibault, GUITAR; Craig McNutt, PERCUSSION

April 26, 2026, at 3pm
Longy School of Music, Award Pickman Hall
Presented in partnership 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

Our season finale celebrates the rich mosaic of home in America, honoring the nation's 250th anniversary. At its heart is the world premiere of What is Home?, a new work commissioned by Collage in collaboration with Eighth Blackbird (Chicago) and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (San Francisco). This 40-minute composition, crafted by six composers of diverse backgrounds, explores the question, “What does home mean to you today?” Spanning the East and West Coasts, the piece reflects the multifaceted experiences that define the United States. Following this premiere, the work will be presented in Midwest and West Coast performances in 2026.

In preparation, Collage partnered with Shelter Music Boston to perform a pre-premiere concert for homeless individuals in the city. Audience members at that event shared heartfelt reflections on the meaning of home, which are included in this concert’s program booklet.

PROGRAM

Christopher Trapani: Waterlines (2005/2012)
Soprano, Guitarist (steel-stringed guitar, electric guitar, Turkish fretless banjo), flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, viola (=stroh violin), cello, bass and electronics/amplification

INTERMISSION

What is Home? (World Premiere)
Collage Co-Commissions with Eighth Blackbird and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

JaRon Brown: sewn from a quilted puzzle of colours (World Premiere)

Erin Gee: Mouthpiece 45 (World Premiere)

April Dawn Guthrie: we don’t, but we could (World Premiere)

Juri Seo: Six Ordinary Images (World Premiere)

Angelica Negron: Las muchas formas de una isla (World Premiere)

Eric Nathan: What is home? (World Premiere)

Please join Collage for a reception following the performance