Kaleidoscopic
Thu, Mar 12
|Noe Valley Ministry
The 2nd concert of our season includes a major world premiere by Shuying Li for the entire Earplay ensemble and soprano, featuring Grammy Award-winning singer Hila Plitmann.
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2026, 7:30 PM
Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
About the event
PURCHASE TICKETS ($32 general admission; $10 students)
Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm
Program
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (1908) – arr. Bruce Bennett (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, organ, and synthesizer.
Hyo-shin Na: Searching for the Way (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. World premiere and Earplay commission.
Benet Casablancas: Haikus Notebook (2021), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. United States premiere, winner of Earplay's 2025 Donald Aird Composers Competition.
Mark Winges: Loki's Lair (2018), for flute, clarinet, viola, and cello.
Shuying Li: The Wild Party (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, soprano, and conductor. Text by Joseph Moncure March (1928); adapted by Jeffrey Hastings (2025). World premiere and Fromm Foundation commission.
Performers
Terrie Baune, violin
Tod Brody, flutes
Mary Chun, conductor
Margaret Halbig, piano
Peter Josheff, clarinets
Thalia Moore, cello
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola
