This concert is the culmination of a 10-day residency at I-Park’s artists’ retreat in Connecticut. In this intimate setting, the participants will share ideas as they workshop five new works for their world premieres. The residency pairs a high-profile ensemble with five composers. Benefits for the composers: hearing their music refined and reimagined in real time, candid dialogue and artistic risk-taking. And somewhat uniquely, an assurance from the ensemble that the new works will have an impactful performance lifespan beyond the premiere.

This year’s ensemble-in-residence is Latitude 49. This six-musician Canadian-American group consists of piano, percussion, violin, cello, clarinet and saxophone. They have performed nearly 100 world premieres since the group’s founding in 2012, featuring compositions by a multitude of composers in a variety of styles – ranging from aspiring students to Pulitzer Prize-winning masters.

The following composers were awarded commissions for this project:
David Crowell, New York
Peter Fahey, Ireland
Gemma Peacocke, New Zealand
Cole Reyes, Illinois
Max Vinetz, New York

This year’s residency is generously funded by grants from the Bafflin Foundation, Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation and Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust.