Whistling Hens Premiere: Chutes & Ladders

• Natalie Groom, clarinet
• Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano

Hear Whistling Hens in concert, including the world premiere of composer Kate Soper's Chutes and Ladders, a commission made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation. Step into a unique soundscape of vocalizations, quarter tones, multiphones, and speak-singing in this singular piece of Kate Soper’s canon. There will be a Q&A at the end.

About Whistling Hens

Whistling Hens was founded by soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick and clarinetist Natalie Groom to perform and commission music by women composers to create a financially and artistically equitable future for women in music. The duo's name was plucked from a quote by a male music critic who wrote in The New York Times in 1918, "women composers are at best whistling hens."

About University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) – Department of Music

https://music.umbc.edu/

About Natalie Groom, clarinet

Dr. Natalie Groom is a clarinetist, educator, composer, and arts manager in Maryland where she is the clarinet professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. A few of Natalie’s performance career highlights include being a featured soloist with the White Mountain Symphony Orchestra and performing at The Kennedy Center, New World Center, The Anthem, Phillips Collection, Austrian and Spanish Embassies, and Goethe-Institut. She has toured China with the Fred Fox Quintet and performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Baltimore Symphony Youth Ensemble, Annapolis Symphony, Annapolis Opera, Tucson Symphony, and Symphony of the Potomac.

About Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano

https://www.jenniferpiazzapick.com/