Martín Benvenuto, Artistic Director
With guest artists
Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley
Margaret Halbig, Piano
Megan Chartier, Cello
Sun, Nov 3 • 1:30pm
First Unitarian Church, SF
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From the Artistic Director
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Welcome to Reclaiming Radical 2.0! We are happy to be a part of the Starr King Way Performance Series and share music that celebrates the power of collective action and the enduring spirit of hope.
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We are thrilled to be collaborating with Aria, the top ensemble of Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley. Inspired by radical change makers past and present, our program features a diverse array of treble choral works that explore themes of social justice and equality. And what more transformative medium than the human voice, for the message that the most essential act in a divisive world is to join in meaningful community?
Why are we so inclined at first to see radical movements as extreme? Might we all become more open to discovering them and see them as foundational to our shared humanity? Sharing these ideas through music intergenerationally is a privilege deeply appreciated by the singers of 21V.
I hope that this concert will leave you inspired, uplifted, and empowered, in the face of our uncertain times. Thank you for joining us on this journey of reclaiming radicalism.
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Yours in song,
Martín Benvenuto
Artistic Director
Program
Hymn to Freedom — Oscar Peterson, arr. Seppo Hovi
Cantabile Youth Singers & 21V
What Happens When a Woman (2020) — Alexandra Olsavsky and Artemisia
Asha Aggarwal, soloist
Cantabile Youth Singers
Truth Tones (2009) — Trevor Weston
Megan Chartier, cello
Two Partsongs (2024) — Chris Castro
I. De Otoño
II. Choir of Spirits from Faust
Commissioned by 21V in honor of César Chavez and Dolores Huerta
My Dearest Ruth (2023) — Stacy Garrop
Kate Offer and Sara Couden; soloists
Treble choir edition commissioned by 21V
When the Dust Settles (2019) — Mari Esabel Valverde
Cantabile Youth Singers & 21V
Bright Morning Stars are Rising (2012) — Traditional Appalachian, arr. Shawn Kirchner
Julie Boehler, soloist
Kat Heller, Naomi Dulac, Sophie Mazzeo, Asha Aggarwal, solo quartet​