Composition Weekend: Performance with Kassia Music

Kassia is a chamber ensemble dedicated to new music with a traditional twist. Join us for an evening that explores the intersection between traditional Eurasian music and contemporary classical music.

The program will feature original compositions by Kassia resident composers Sam Post and Bernard Vallandingham. Interspersed throughout the program will be folk-music-inspired improvisations that interact with the composed pieces. The evening will conclude with a performance of Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3.

Open to the public – in person only.

Featuring:
Lauren Geist, Clarinet
Adina Vallandingham, Violin
Bernard Vallandingham, Violin
Elizabeth Oka, Viola
Sam Post, Piano

Program

Sextet No. 2 (Excerpts), Bernard Vallandingham III

1. Improvisation
2. Polonaise

Improvisation, Susanna Mendlow

Three Kazakh Sketches, Sam Post

1. White Birch
2. Atyrau
3. Morning Star

Improvisation, Sam Post

String Quartet No. 3, Béla Bartók

Levine Music gratefully acknowledges the support of The Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund as well as the support of D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.