Featured composers for Shining A Light 2024
Join us for the UMKC Libraries’ Shining a Light Concert, featuring performances by UMKC Conservatory students on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 from 6-7 p.m. Register today for updates and reminders. FREE and open to the public.
The concert includes selections from the UMKC Music/Media Library’s Shining a Light Collection of 21st century music by composers from underrepresented groups. We invite you to this one hour concert and reception to hear fresh, new music performed by up-and-coming musicians.
The Shining a Light Collection was founded in 2020 with 55 scores and has grown to include nearly 200 composers and over 900 musical works.
Program
- Logan Promenades (2014) - Shulamit Ran (b. 1949). Performed by Zoe Meins (trumpet) and Caleb Shepard (trumpet).
- The Flight of the Brave Chicken: Ode to Nina (2018) - Shulamit Ran (b. 1949). Performed by Elena Collins (clarinet) and Leslie Hisman (flute).
- Freeing the Caged Bird. I. Maya Angelou & II. Sara Teasdale (2007) - Barbara Harbach (b. 1946). Performed by UMKC Rootet: Justin Kraus (flute), Kailey Hrencecin (oboe), Evelynn Esquivel (clarinet), Jonathon Nickell (bassoon), and Michael Brown (horn).
- Ji-Dong-Nuo (2006) - Chen Yi (b. 1953). Performed by Jiaqi Wang (piano).
- Chinese Ancient Dances for B-flat Clarinet and Piano (2006) - Chen Yi (b. 1953). Performed by Luke Vasilarakos (clarinet) and James Li (piano).
- Quatuor de Saxophones, Movements I & VI (2007) - Ida Gotkovsky (b. 1933). Performed by Vent Quartet: Dawson Coleman (saxophone), Blake Adams (saxophone), Jonathon Nickell (saxophone), and Davis Hale (saxophone).
This performance is supported by the UMKC Libraries Elizabeth Noble Fund.
Event Location Information
UMKC Miller Nichols Library, iX Theatre, 800 E. 51st St., Kansas City, MO, 64110. Student, staff, and metered parking lots are located on the north side of the building. Read more on Miller Nichols Library accessibility.
