Friday, August 26, 7:30pm
Private Residence, San Diego, California
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Pianists and EXTENSITY co-founders Chelsea Randall and Francesca Khalifa will perform a adventurous duo-recital in San Diego, CA to raise funds for EXTENSITY’s 2023-2024 commissioning program and forthcoming California chapter. In partnership with Wildflower Composers, a portion of the proceeds will go towards two talented young fellows of the organization: Grace Coberly and Hannah Sobel. The program will feature West Coast Premiers of Coberly’s “Prima respira” and Sobel’s “A Nocturne” alongside seldom heard and contemporary works by George Walker, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Alfredo Diez Nieto and Miguel del Aguila among others.
This concert will launch EXT Pop Ups—an ongoing series of short-form concerts spotlighting emerging composers.
Wildflower Composers aims to amplify the voices of women and gender marginalized composers. Learn more: https://wildflowercomposers.org/
PROGRAM
Guido’s Hand: Five Pieces for Piano - George Walker
Azuretta - Regina Harris Baiocchi
Dream and Variations (excerpts) - Dorothy Rudd Moore
Prima respira - Grace Coberly
-Chelsea Randall, pianist
-Intermission-
Sposalizio S 161 (from Deuxième Année de Pèlerinage: Italie (Second Year of Pilgrimage: Italy) - Franz Liszt
Concert Etudes S 145: Waldesrauschen - Franz Liszt
Tocata - Alfredo Diez Nieto
Conga - Miguel del Aguila
A Nocturne - Hannah Sobel
-Francesca Khalifa, pianist
*Programs subject to change
About the Featured Composers
Grace Coberly
Grace Coberly is a queer composer, singer, and educator with a passion for vocal music. Above all, they seek to create musical experiences that are accessible to audiences of any background. A runner-up in the 2020 Women's Sacred Music Project Commission Competition, they were recently commissioned by Chicago Fringe Opera, Latin School of Chicago, and Heritage Chorale of Oak Park, IL. Their work has been performed across Europe and the American Midwest.
Grace completed their undergraduate studies in music and linguistics at Haverford College, where they studied under Nate Zullinger, Curt Cacioppo, and Ingrid Arauco; they were also a member of the Bi-College Chamber Singers, in which they served as Musical Assistant and student conductor. They spent the fall of 2019 in Milan studying composition, conducting, and vocal performance with faculty members from Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado, as well as singing with professional ensembles Glass Armonico and Canticum Novum. During the summer of 2020, they attended Temple University’s remote Wildflower Composers Festival and two virtual choral conducting courses through the Eastman School of Music.
Grace is based in Worcester, MA. When not making music, they enjoy doing yoga, roasting vegetables, and wishing they had a cat. Website: https://www.gracecoberly.com/
Hannah Sobel
Hannah C Sobel is a NYC based opera singer and composer. She grew up listening to opera, and later found her niche singing an eclectic mix of early and contemporary music. It was her continued love of opera that made her start composing. Her work has been described as melodramatic and whimsical, yet always relatable. She often collaborates with friend and poet, Reuben Gelley Newman, on art songs and choral works with themes of music, obsession, and queerness. Hannah is a recent graduate of Swarthmore College, where she was awarded the Connie Hungerford and Hans Oberdiek Student Summer Fellowship, the Boyd Barnard Prize, and the Peter Gram Swing Award, among other honors. She is a lover of cats and hyperbolic triangle groups. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6p24w4d7d9Fru2shXs-6JQ
