Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Fourth Coast Ensemble – 'A Brush With Our Time'
Free (Online: $20 ($10 student) | In-person: $45 ($25 student))
Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano
Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano
Ace Gangoso, tenor
David Govertsen, bass-baritone
Dana Brown, piano
Michael Firman, shakuhachi
Kyle Flens, percussion
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Doreen Rao – Selections from MASS
Andrea Clearfield – A Brush With Our Time (world premiere)
Fourth Coast Ensemble presents the world premiere of A Brush With Our Time, from composer Andrea Clearfield and librettist Doreen Rao.
Commissioned by the ensemble, this piece for four voices, shakuhachi, percussion, and piano is based on the poetry of Zen artist Kazuaki Tanahashi, and explores the tension between peace and conflict. The four singers will move freely throughout Newberry Library’s modular performance hall, immersing the audience in Clearfield’s “vivid and galvanizing” sound world (Opera News), while Tanahashi paints four large-scale enso calligraphy works on canvases stationed throughout the performance space. The program begins with excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS arranged by Rao.
The concert will take place at 4pm Central / 2pm Pacific. Available through September 21.
How to view the livestream:
Purchase a ticket.
Scroll down to the "View HD Livestream" box on this web page, and click the orange "Play" button: http://www.fourthcoastensemble.com/brush.html
Enter the Access Code provided to you in your registration confirmation email from info@fourthcoastensemble.com.
The live concert will be broadcast on this page in real time on September 19, from 4pm-5:15pm Central / 2pm-3:15pm Pacific. The video will then stay up for 48-hour replay access through Tuesday, September 21 (click "Watch Again").
Livestream tickets: $20 ($10 student)
Attending in person: Please note that in accordance with local guidelines all in-person audience members will be required to wear a mask throughout the duration of the performance, regardless of vaccination status.
The event will take place at:
Newberry Library
60 W Walton St
Chicago, IL 60610
In-person tickets: $45 ($25 student)
Link to donate: https://www.eartaxifestival.com/donate