WoCo Fest 2023: Awaken – Daytime in the Mansion
Pay what you choose, $10-$50 per ticket
- Sound Impact
- Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
- Masha Polishchuk, violin
- Leah Claiborne, piano
- Britton-René Collins, percussion
Rebecca Clarke — Selected works
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Selected works
Join us for a day of music and discussion from inspirational leaders using music for social change and community engagement. The day begins at 11am with an outdoor meditative yoga session featuring music by Abbie Palmer. Feel free to bring your own yoga mat or blanket. Your ticket grants access to all events in The Mansion, including our Education Booths.
The Education Booths include a range of one-on-one sessions and consultations with local organizations and experts covering topics such as self-branding, free headshots, finding repertoire by historically underrepresented composers, entrepreneurship, and other professional development topics.
About WoCo Fest
The Boulanger Initiative's annual multi-day Women Composers Festival, WoCo Fest, features works by women and gender-marginalized composers performed by local and nationally-acclaimed performers.
https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/woco-festAbout Sound Impact
Founded in 2013, (SI) is a collective of musicians dedicated to connecting, engaging, and empowering youth beyond the concert hall through performances and education programs. Its mission is underpinned by the belief that music can ignite positive social change when employed as a tool for community engagement. Sound Impact's members perform regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Ballet, Washington National Opera and Wolf Trap Opera.
https://www.soundimpact.org/About Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
About Masha Polishchuk, violin
About Leah Claiborne, piano
Leah Claiborne, D.M.A., promotes diversity in the arts by championing piano music by Black composers in her performances, research, and teaching. She was the first pianist at the University of Michigan to be awarded the Rackham Predoc fellowship which is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the graduate school. This fellowship allowed her to further research, compile, and edit piano music by Black composers.
https://www.leahclaiborne.com/About Britton-René Collins, percussion
Hailed as an "Astounding Virtuoso" and "Exhilarating" performer, percussionist Britton-René Collins is a winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, receiving the Ambassador Prize for exceptional musicianship and demonstrating an active passion for creating social change through her music.
https://brittonrene.com/