Season 3 - Deepening Roots
World Filling Light
Thursday, August 4, 2016, 5:45-8pm
Venue: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
Intersection joined Cheekwood for an installment of the First Thursday Nights in the Garden series! Intersection featured repertoire inspired by Steve Tobin's Southern Roots exhibit, which was on display throughout the botanical garden. Intersection musicians presented solo works throughout the grounds, and the centerpiece of the evening was Param Vir's World Filling Light, a community piece with guest musicians, inspired by the poetry of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
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Program
Japanese Garden and Playhouses
David Loeb: Balinese Fantasies (solo piccolo)
Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli
Charles Delaney: ...and the strange unknown flowers
Color Garden
Frederic Rzewski: To the Earth (1985)
Robert Fokkens: Divisions
Askell Masson: Prim
Libby Larsen: Like Blind Men Tapping in the Dark
Museum of Art
Hohvannes: Nocturne for Harp
Houdy: Sonata for Harp, Mvmt. II
Salzedo: Siciliana, Chanson dans la nuit, and Tango (all separate pieces)
Rorem: excerpts from Sky Music
Watkins: Fire Dance
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Color Garden
John Luther Adams: AFTER THE LIGHT
Param Vir: WORLD FILLING LIGHT
Deepening Roots
Thursday, September 1, 2016, 6:30-8pm
Venue: Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
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Intersection and New Dialect joined together at Cheekwood Gardens for an installment of the First Thursday Nights in the Garden series. Partnering with New Dialect, Intersection featured repertoire inspired by Steve Tobin's Southern Roots exhibit on display throughout the botanical garden. The program featured unique voices sharing their cultural roots through musical expression.
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Program
Gubaidulina: Concordanza (1971)
Jonathan Bailey Holland: His House is Not of This Land (2015)
Golijov: Lullaby and Doina (2001)
Chen Yi: Wu Yu
Upon These Shoulders
Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7pm
Venue: Fisk Memorial Chapel
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Intersection is honored to partner with Fisk University and Choral Arts Link to launch a new community celebration that honors the life of Dr. King and the many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Through music, spoken word and song we will recognize that while Dr. King was indeed the face of a great social protest, many people “orchestrated” strategies, meetings, sought resources and fought for justice. And, that these unsung heroes, worthy of celebration, were indeed the wind beneath Dr. King’s wings.
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Program
John Rosamond Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Rollo Dilworth: Hold Fast to Dreams
Arr. Dave Ragland: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Jessie Montgomery: 12 Moods
Arr. John W. Work III: Way Over in Egypt Land
Dave Ragland: Zion’s Walls
John W. Work III: Trilogy of Three Spirituals
Tim Sharp & Joshua Carter: Freedom is Coming
Dragon Harmony
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 2pm
Venue: Green Door Gourmet
Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 2pm
Venue: Center for Chinese Music and Culture, MTSU
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Intersection's family program explored the music of China featuring a combination of Chinese instruments and Western instruments. Composers Chen Yi, Zhou Long and Wu Fei were present along with visiting Beijing musicians, Mei Han Director of the Center for Chinese Music and Culture, and Intersection musicians under the baton of Artistic Director, Kelly Corcoran. The musical program explored traditional Chinese music all the way to a world premiere performance of a newly commissioned work by Wu Fei. Pre-concert activities gave audience members an opportunity to play authentic Chinese instruments. Photos by Micheal Whitney.
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Program
Zhou Long: The Farewell
Chen Yi: Wu Yu
Wu Fei: If I Was A Batman Queen
Additional repertoire to be announced
Guest Composers - Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and Wu Fei
Voices of Today
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7pm
Venue: Fisk Memorial Chapel
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Intersection will continue its partnership with Fisk University and Choral Arts Link with this program that gives voice to the cultural experiences of each composer and the communities they come from. For example, Jonathan Bailey Holland’s “His House is Not of This Land” refers to the speech patterns found in African-American Baptist Churches. Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “Fast Black Dance Machine” combines contemporary classical music with a multicolored spectrum of contemporary black popular music, blending flunk, rock, and hip-hop.
The dominant voices of classical music in the United States have limited diversity with an under-representation of African-American composers. Intersection and its partners are committed to creating a future that represents, promotes, and celebrates the diversity of voices of experiences creating music. Intersection seeks to make an impact for musicians, composers, and audiences that will serve as a catalyst for broader perspectives and increased opportunities.
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Program
Gary Powell Nash: Mountain Rhapsody
Gary Powell Nash: Bounce for Bass Clarinet and Drum Set
Jonathan Bailey Holland - His House is Not of This Land (2015)
Jonathan Bailey Holland: Tracing Lines (2012)
Daniel Bernard Roumain: Fast Black Dance Machine
Mapping Stars
Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 3pm
Venue: East Nashville Magnet High School
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Intersection, Nashville in Harmony, and One Voice Chorus teamed up to present the US premiere of James McCarthy's oratorio "Codebreaker" about the life and work of Alan Turing. Tracy Silverman also presented the Nashville premiere of Nico Muhly's "Seeing is Believing" which Tracy recently performed at Carnegie Hall.
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Program
Nico Muhly: Seeing is Believing
James McCarthy: Codebreaker
