The University of Central Missouri OVATION Performance Series presents two concerts for the fall 2023 season. OVATION is a curated selection of world-class dancers, musicians, and theatre performers who bring exceptional high-energy artistry to West-Central Missouri. The series opens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 with a performance by the Adam Larson Jazz Quintet in Hart Recital Hall. October brings the SOLI Chamber Ensemble to Warrensburg.
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Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:30 AM click to enlarge The program includes the world premiere of
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As increasing rates of COVID-19 vaccinations provide rays of hope after a painful year, SOLI Chamber Ensemble’s latest concert embraces both grief and radical joy.
Opening in an elegiac mood, the concert features the world premiere of Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer and repeat SOLI collaborator Aaron Jay Kernis’
Elegy for those we lost. Originally written for solo piano, the work was released on YouTube as part of a collaboration with filmmaker Esther Shubinski memorializing those who have been lost to COVID-19. For SOLI’s performance, Kernis arranged the elegy for Carolyn True and Ertan Torgul to play on piano and violin.
Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 8:30 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of SOLI Chamber Ensemble SOLI s upcoming concert will feature three world premieres.
SOLI Chamber Ensemble is joined by Grammy-winning electric guitarist D.J. Sparr for a virtual performance in which “phasing, loops and funk meet rock, flavors of jazz and contemporary classical harmonies to bring electrifying energy to the ear.”
The concert, titled Electrified Air, will be free to view on SOLI’s YouTube channel.
Following the group’s usual modus operandi, SOLI will perform three world premieres on the program: Anthony Joseph Lanman’s
Hammer and Nail, Olivia Kieffer’s