A full-length program conceived and curated by Lara Downes, featuring WORLD OF CHANGE, a new collaborative work by Clarice Assad that reflects on evolution, transformation, renewal and rebirth.
This visionary program also features Promises To Keep, a suite of solo piano pieces inspired by the vision of internal promise and change, by a global roster of composers including:
Federico Albanese
Timo Andres
Eve Beglarian
Ke-Chia Chen
Osvaldo Golijov
Gabriel Kahane
Tõnu Kõrvits
Jimmy López
Shawn Okpebholo
Terry Riley
Carlos Simon
Dobrinka Tabakova
Karen Tanaka
WORLD OF CHANGE was co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland and the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis
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