Celebrate International Women’s Day with Music Showcasing Women and Non-binary Musicians in The Chelsea Symphony

Bassoon Concertos Take Center Stage with Soloists Melissa Kritzer and Nisreen Nor

Both Concerts are Completed by Florence Price’s First Symphony and Fernande Breilh Decruck's Partita for Strings, Brass and Timpani

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - New York City - The Chelsea Symphony celebrates International Women’s Day on March 11 and 12, 2022 by featuring women and non-binary musicians in the organization's community. 

The bassoon takes center stage each night with soloist Melissa Kritzer presenting the World Premiere of Scott Switzer’s Meditations and Reflections (3/11 only) which is based on compositions by the medieval polymath Hildegard of Bingen, and soloist Nisreen Nor performs Miguel del Aguila’s Malambo (3/12 only). Both concerts are completed with Fernande Breilh Decruck's Partita for Strings, Brass and Timpani, and Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.

TCS has always championed new works and works by female composers. Fernande Breilh Decruck is a special favorite of The Chelsea Symphony, as she was an early 20th-century French-American composer who lived and worked in the Chelsea neighborhood.

Florence Price's Symphony No. 1 was her first full-scale orchestral composition and the first symphony by a Black woman to be performed by a major American orchestra.

HER VOICE | March 11 & 12, 2022

TICKETS:
$25 for unassigned premium reserved areas within the venue.
Admission is also available at the door for a suggested donation of $20.