Lisa Bielawa: Broadcast from Home

MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 & 21, 2020
2:00 PM

Kaufman Music Center Live Stream

Free
THURSDAY:  https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/broadcast-from-home-listening-event-1/
FRIDAY:  https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/broadcast-from-home-listening-event-2/

The imaginative and empathetic composer Lisa Bielawa — certainly one of those who have their own sound world that you can recognize immediately — conducted a coronavirus project over the Summer in which she solicited short testimonies from the public reflecting on coronavirus experiences, wrote melodies for them, gave them to singers to record, and then composed backing tracks for them.  She's now amalgamated them into a single big piece, which we get to hear over two days with singers and players from all over the world.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  A Diplomat:  pour 1-1/2 oz. each dry and sweet Vermouth, with 1 dash each of Maraschino liqueur and Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker.  Stir.  Strain into an ice-filled Martini glass or coupe.  Garnish with a lemon twist or cocktail cherry.