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EXTENSITY Concert Series Announces WOMEN NOW Festival celebrating living women composers

February 4, 2022 | By Chelsea Randall
Co-Founder/Artistic Director, EXTENSITY

ContactChelsea Randall | Artistic Director, EXTENSITY
(646) 263-3905
info@extensityconcertseries.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EXTENSITY Concert Series Announces WOMEN NOW Festival Celebrating Living Women Composers: March 5-26, 2022 

Featuring the world premiere of cello solo piece “Armadura” by Andrea Casarrubios, commissioned by EXTENSITY  

Brooklyn, NY —EXTENSITY Concert Series is proud to announce WOMEN NOW, a month-long spotlight festival devoted to the work and achievements of living women composers. To coincide with Women’s Month, WOMEN NOW will take place March 5-26, 2022. The dynamic schedule of events will comprise four recitals, interviews with artists and composers and a panel discussion on gender equity and diversity. The closing night will feature the world premiere of a solo cello composition by Andrea Casarrubios, commissioned by EXTENSITY for the festival. Concerts will be held at The Box Factory: 1519 Decatur Street in Ridgewood, NY, and all other events will be held virtually, on YouTube and Instagram Live. All concerts will be followed by complementary receptions. In-person and virtual tickets available at:  https://www.extensityconcertseries.com/march-5-26-2022-women-now 

WOMEN NOW participants will include rising star soprano Yvette Keong, pianist Sarah Cahill, hailed as “an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” (New York Times),

Concert Artist Guild Ambassador prize winning violinist Ariel Horowitz, and “firebrand” cellist Christine Lamprea. Over twenty living women composers will be programmed, including Regina Harris Baiocchi, Jennifer Higdon, Nathalie Joachim, Vivian Fung, Tania León, Tonia Ko, Thea Musgraves and Libby Larsen. Grand piano sponsored by YAMAHA for the festival. 

The closing night concert on March 26, 2022 will present cellist Christine Lamprea in a recital highlighting the world premiere of the Andrea Casarrubios’ solo cello piece “Armadura,” commissioned by EXTENSITY for WOMEN NOW. 

Educational initiatives include a panel discussion on gender equity and diversity in music with organizations including The Sphinx Organization, interviews with artists and composers involved in the festival, artist talks and Q&A’s. Complementary receptions will follow every concert. 

EXTENSITY is running a crowdfunding campaign for WOMEN NOW through fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas, from Feb. 1- March 12, ‘22. A special gala concert featuring Jannina Norpoth of PUBLIQuartet on Feb. 26, is an early release reward for donors. All proceeds will go toward paying the artists involved in the festival. Campaign link: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/extensity-concert-series/campaigns/4732

WOMEN NOW 
Schedule of events, March 5-26, 2022

Yvette Keong, soprano and Nicole Cloutier, piano
Saturday, March 5, 7pm
The Box Factory, Ridgewood, NY

The opening night of WOMEN NOW will feature soprano Yvette Keong and pianist Nicole Cloutier performing works by Jennifer Higdon, Thea Musgraves, Shuying Li and Tonia Ko.

Equity NOW: Gender equity and diversity in music
Tuesday, March 8, 1pm
YouTube and Instagram Live

In celebration of International Women’s Day, EXTENSITY will host a virtual panel discussion on gender equity and diversity in classical and new music with representatives from organizations including Sphinx. 

Ariel Horowitz, violin and Alexa Stier, piano

Saturday, March 12, 7pm
The Box Factory, Ridgewood, NY

Violinist Ariel Horowitz and pianist Alexa Stier will perform works by Eleanor Alberga, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Jennifer Higdon and Ariel Horowitz. The concert will be followed by a Q&A with Ariel Horowitz. 

The Future is Female: Sarah Cahill Lecture/Recital
Saturday, March 19, 7 pm
The Box Factory, Ridgewood, NY

Acclaimed new music advocate Sarah Cahill will present a lecture/recital on solo piano works by composers including Regina Harris Baiocchi, Tania León, Mary Watkins and Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Gebrou. This recital is part of Cahill’s ongoing project The Future is Female, is an investigation and reframing of the piano literature featuring more than seventy compositions by women around the globe, from the Baroque to the present day, including new commissioned works. 

Vivian Fung and Adriana Verdie Interview 
Friday, March 24, 1pm
Instagram Live and YouTube

Vivian Fung’s “Humanoid” and Adriana Verdie’s “Jira (Yira) Che ('k) Tango will be programmed by cellist Christine Lamprea for the  March 26 closing night recital of WOMEN NOW. In anticipation of this performance, Fung and Verdie will discuss their compositional processes and insights into these works. 

Andrea Casarrubios Interview
Saturday, March 25, 1pm
Instagram Live and YouTube

Composer/cellist Andrea Casarrubios will share her insights on “Armadura,” the solo cello piece EXTENSITY commissioned her to write for WOMEN NOW. 

Christine Lamprea, cello
Saturday, March 26, 7pm
The Box Factory, Ridgewood, NY

For the closing night of WOMEN NOW, cellist Christine Lamprea will present the world premiere of Andrea Casarrubios’ “Armadura,” commissioned by EXTENSITY for the festival. The program will also include works by Vivian Fung, Nathalie Joachim and Adriana Verdie. The concert will be followed by an interview with Christine Lamprea, and a festive reception with cuisine by a local chef. 

*Programs subject to change

About EXTENSITY Concert Series: EXTENSITY is a new concert series in NY founded by pianists Chelsea Randall and Francesca Khalifa, which aims to foster dialogues between musical traditions, artistic practices and time periods with emphasis on underrepresented and new voices. We also create platforms for artists and audiences to interact and make new discoveries through free receptions, artist talkbacks, lectures and events. EXTENSITY hinges on this fluid, immersive perspective, both in programming and in experience; our goal is to promote a free flow of ideas and perspectives, and to forge meaningful links between artists and engaged, active audiences. For more information about EXTENSITY please visit: https://www.extensityconcertseries.com/. Follow EXTENSITY on Instagram and Facebook.

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