Contemporary Americana

Sunday, June 27th 2021, 4:00 pm EST in the Yarmouth New Church Preservation. Doors open at 3:30. Admission free, donations encouraged

Online premiere Monday July 5th, 7:00 pm EST, link available here

Join us online for the opening concert of our 2021 summer season! This concert features a beautiful program of living composers of the Americas, alongside an arrangement of Gershwin’s American in Paris. Recorded in the Yarmouth New Church Preservation, the program also features pieces that reflect the natural beauty of Cape Cod. Works include Jenni Brandon’s Found Objects: On the Beach, Becky Turro’s Thaw – reflecting the thawing of Acadia National Park, and the world premiere of Mathieu Lussier’s Laurentian Bolero.

World Premiere: Mathieu Lussier, Laurentian Bolero 

Jenni Brandon, Found Objects: On the Beach (2014)

Becky Turro, Thaw (2018)

Premiere Preview: Jenni Brandon, Wildflower Quintet – I. Wildflowers

Arturo Marquez, Danzon no. 5 – arranged for reed quintet by Natalie Zemba

George Gershwin, An American in Paris – arranged for reed quintet by Raaf Hekkema

All donations from both concerts will help fund the remaining concerts for our 2021 summer season!

Special thanks to the Town of Yarmouth Tourism Grant Program and the Mid-Cape Cultural Council for your generous support in making this concert possible!