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Allison Loggins-Hull Featured in Two Landmark Albums from The Cleveland Orchestra
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Composer/Flutist Allison Loggins-Hull Featured in Two
Landmark Albums from The Cleveland Orchestra
Celebrating Loggins-Hull’s Unprecedented 3-Year Tenure as
The Cleveland Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow
Loggins-Hull: The Cleveland Residency (TCO Media) – Out April 17
In Its First Portrait Album of a Living Composer in Nearly 100 Years,
The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Franz Welser-Möst,
Performs Works Composed by Loggins-Hull During Her Fellowship
In Celebration of Cleveland’s Character and Enduring Institutions
Patchwork (Avie Records) – Out May 1
A Collection of Chamber Works Shaped by Personal and Collective Histories,
Reflecting on Homeland, Justice, and Resilience
Performed by Members of the Orchestra Alongside the Composer
“Smart instrumental writing… ferocious yet melodically supple passages” – The New York Times
“Loggins-Hull [shapes] performances that are keenly alive to each sound world.” – Gramophone
New York, NY (March 4, 2026) – The music of composer and flutist Allison Loggins-Hull – celebrated as “a virtuoso player with a profound and deeply moving compositional voice” (Strings Magazine) – will be showcased on two new portrait albums in the spring of 2026. Loggins-Hull: The Cleveland Residency (April 17, TCO Media) will feature The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst in the world-premiere recordings of three works created during Loggins-Hull’s celebrated tenure as TCO’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow (2022-2025). A second album, Patchwork (May 1, Avie Records), brings together a vibrant collection of chamber works resonating with the composer’s signature themes of justice and community. Both recordings were produced by multi-GRAMMY® Award winner Elaine Martone and engineered by GRAMMY® nominees Gintas Norvila and Jennifer Nulsen.
In The Cleveland Orchestra’s first portrait album of a living composer in nearly a century, the orchestra’s own TCO Media label releases Loggins-Hull: The Cleveland Residency on Friday, April 17, 2026. The featured works – world-premiere recordings of Loggins-Hull’s Legacy, Can You See?, and Grit. Grace. Glory. – immortalize the hands-on experiences of the composer’s residency in Cleveland. Typically awarded for two years, TCO’s Lewis Fellowship was extended to an unprecedented three years for Loggins-Hull, who used her time in the city to connect deeply with its people and institutions. Supported by the orchestra and championed by Welser-Möst, she has created a body of work reflecting unique collaborations, lasting personal bonds, and the inimitable spirit of the city. A pre-release single – “Steel” from Grit. Grace. Glory. – will be released on March 27.
Welser-Möst, reflecting on Loggins-Hull’s tenure, praised her as “an extraordinary person and a wonderful composer. The way she has reached out to the Cleveland community during her fellowship – she’s become a star. People have fallen in love with her in such a great way.”
The album’s opening track, Legacy, is a string sextet commissioned by TCO to honor its partnerships with three of the city’s cultural and community institutions: the Fatima Family Center in Cleveland’s majority-Black Hough neighborhood, Karamu House – the nation’s oldest producing Black theater – and the Hryhory Kytasty Cleveland School of Bandura, a Ukrainian music institution. Each of these organizations contributed to the “In Community” Chamber Concert Series established during Loggins-Hull’s fellowship to foster community-wide artistic collaboration. In Legacy, Loggins-Hull captures this inclusive celebration of music through a mix of genres, ranging from virtuosic string playing to Ukrainian bandura music to the Blues. The piece also honors the Cleveland Orchestra itself for its cultural contributions to its city as one of the nation’s premier orchestras.
“One interpretation of legacy is that it is something passed down from ancestors or predecessors,” Loggins-Hull says of the work’s title and inspiration. “I took this concept and infused it into the music, creating a recurring musical theme that evolves and develops throughout the work. Just as in life, the continuity of legacy may be challenged, but with dedication and acknowledgment, it can thrive and evolve.”
In Loggins-Hull’s full orchestral arrangement of Can You See?, based on her earlier version commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for small chamber ensemble, the composer expands on the concept of a more somber-toned Star-Spangled Banner. Honoring the lives lost in America’s complex history of high ideals and moral shortfalls – while highlighting the responsibilities of those still living – the work brings a questioning yet hopeful tone to the familiar anthem. Melodic material from The Star-Spangled Banner is used throughout the work, sometimes stretched out and strained by tension, or blurred by revolving colors flowing into a dreamy soundscape.
“The strings create a soundworld that is cloudy, uncertain, and bleary, questioning if the core meaning of the anthem is in focus,” Loggins-Hull explains. “Rhythmic elements evoke a forward-moving motion, while textures and harmonic language nod to the scope and diversity of American music and people.”
Can You See? will be performed in its New York premiere by the New York Philharmonic from April 15-18, 2026 at David Geffen Hall.
For the album’s final work, The Cleveland Orchestra performs Grit. Grace. Glory., Loggins-Hull’s four-movement tribute to the city of Cleveland, achieves its unique impact by drawing inspiration from the city’s people and history while invoking values and sentiments of universal resonance. The work’s first movement, “Steel,” invokes this quintessential symbol of strength in many forms – referencing Cleveland’s steel industry, its vital role on the Underground Railroad, and the human qualities of steadfastness and resiliency, recalling barriers confronted and broken. Movement II, “Shoreline Shadows,” channels a vision of this lakeside city through the eyes of its youth, drawing on ideas generated in a workshop held by Loggins-Hull with students at the Cleveland School of the Arts. Their combined contributions paint a picture of a kind and resilient community enduring despite its undercurrents of difficulty, as neighborhoods are confronted from one side by violence and unrest, and from the other by gentrification projects that alter both their character and their cost of living. In Movement III, “Quip,” Loggins-Hull celebrates the self-effacing wit and cleverness embodied by the people of Cleveland, composing in a vein that is virtuosic without being grandiose, in a reflection of this humble flair. The fourth and final movement, “Ode,” begins in a spirit of remembrance and veneration of one’s roots before culminating in a celebration of Cleveland’s rock ’n’ roll heritage and concluding as the orchestra “rocks out” in a no-holds-barred finale – in Loggins-Hull’s words, “a fitting tribute to the city’s musical legacy and its unwavering spirit.”
On Friday, May 1, 2026, Avie Records releases Patchwork, a collection of six chamber works composed by Loggins-Hull and performed by the composer alongside members of The Cleveland Orchestra. This evocative recording weaves personal and collective histories into a cohesive musical narrative, exploring themes of homeland, justice, patriotism, and resilience across its array of intimate and richly textured works. The title track will be available as a single on April 3, streaming on all platforms, followed by Can You See? on April 17.
The title track, Patchwork, sets the tone with a viola/cello duet evoking the complex interplay of a long-term human relationship. A chamber version of Can You See? is conducted by the composer on this recording, as Loggins-Hull’s poignant takeoff on The Star-Spangled Banner is performed by a small ensemble of strings, winds, and percussion.
In Homeland for solo flute, Loggins-Hull trains her focus on the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, examining the meaning of “home” in moments of collective crisis and displacement while highlighting glimmers of hope amid turbulence and loss.
In The Pattern, the first of two consecutive tracks focusing on the Black experience in America, Loggins-Hull traces the recurring cycle of racial violence, obstruction, and dispossession that has shaped African American lives, with musical themes flowing between conflict, rage, desperation, and fragile liberation.
Immediately following is Kalief, a work composed for clarinet and piano in response to the life and death of Kalief Browder, a Black teenage Bronx resident whose wrongful detention and solitary confinement ultimately led to his suicide, exposing racial imbalance and brutality within the U.S. criminal justice system.
The album concludes with the uplifting Shine, set to poetry by Zimbabwean-American U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo. Featuring soprano Laquita Mitchell accompanied by viola, piano, and Loggins-Hull on flute, the piece conjures radiant sound worlds reflecting how joy, resilience, and care can exist alongside struggle.
Loggins-Hull: The Cleveland Residency Tracklist
1. Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982) – Legacy [10:57]
Zhan Shu, violin
Jason Yu, violin
Eliesha Nelson, viola
Lisa Boyko, viola
Richard Weiss, cello
Brian Thornton, cello
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
2. Allison Loggins-Hull – Can You See? [6:51]
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Allison Loggins-Hull –Grit. Grace. Glory.
3. “Steel” [5:46]
4. “Shoreline Shadows” [5:53]
5. “Quip” [4:16]
6. “Ode” [5:43]
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Total Time: 39:26
Recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, Ohio
August 13, 2025 (Legacy)
May 4 & 6, 2023 (Can You See?)
May 8-10, 2025 (Grit. Grace. Glory.)
Patchwork Tracklist
1. Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982) – Patchwork [9:56]
Eliesha Nelson, viola
Brian Thornton, cello
2. Allison Loggins-Hull – Can You See? (chamber version) [6:00]
Allison Loggins-Hull, conductor
Jess Sindell, flute
Eliesha Nelson, viola
Katherine Bormann, violin
Jesse McCormick, horn
Thom Sherwood, percussion
Brian Thornton, cello
Max Dimoff, bass
Shu Zhang, violin
3. Allison Loggins-Hull – Homeland [6:04]
Joshua Smith, flute
4. Allison Loggins-Hull – The Pattern [7:33]
George Klass, clarinet
Brian Thornton, cello
Dan Overly, piano
Jess Sindell, flute
Jason Yu, violin
Thom Sherwood, percussion
5. Allison Loggins-Hull – Kalief [3:40]
Dan Overly, piano
George Klass, clarinet
6. Allison Loggins-Hull – Shine [10:44]
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
Eleisha Nelson, viola
Dan Overly, piano
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Total Time: 43:57
AV2847
Recorded: August 11–14, 2025 Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Recording Producers: Elaine Martone, Sonarc Music, Brian Thornton
Recording, Editing, and Mixing Engineer: Gintas Norvila
Mastering Engineer: Jennifer Nulsen
Publisher: AllieKat Productions, LLC
Photography: Roger Mastroianni
Design & Editorial: WLP London Ltd
About Allison Loggins-Hull
Celebrated as a musical “powerhouse” (The Washington Post), Allison Loggins-Hull is a composer, flutist, and producer whose work defies genre, from symphonic music to film scores, chamber, and electronic music. Her music is often resonant with social themes, encompassing reflections on motherhood, Blackness, and identity. In September 2024, Loggins-Hull was appointed Resident Artistic Partner to the New Jersey Symphony for a two-year term during which she will create new works for orchestra and contribute her unique perspective and experiences to the orchestra’s programming and community engagement.
Loggins-Hull's signature compositional style is distinguished by its unique sonic effects that echo contemporary music production techniques. Her works are profoundly influenced by Black American music, creating a vibrant and kaleidoscopic sonic palette. Thematically, her compositions are deeply rooted in the experiences of community, culture, and life, offering a rich and evocative musical narrative. Her artistic reflections on Black stories, music, and experience have led to works aligned with Afrofuturism, a movement that imagines alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures.
2025-2026 highlights include performances of her music by the New York Philharmonic, featuring the New York Premiere of her work Can You See?, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with the Northeast Premiere of BSO co-commission Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni. The season also brings a performance of her work at London’s Southbank Centre and a World Premiere commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony as part of her role as the orchestra’s Resident Artistic Partner. In addition, her works will be featured on two new albums: a historic portrait album by The Cleveland Orchestra – its first ever to showcase a living composer – and a recording of her chamber music, Patchwork, also featuring members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
The 2024-2025 season marked Loggins-Hull’s last of three seasons as the Lewis Composer Fellow with The Cleveland Orchestra. Through programming, commissions, and community engagement, her work with the orchestra focused on the narratives and history of Cleveland through the prism of one of the world’s great orchestras, culminating in three world premieres: Can You See? (2023) and Grit. Grace. Glory. (2025), both for full orchestra, and Legacy (2024) for string sextet. In a first for the Lewis Fellow’s quarter-century history, Loggins-Hull performed alongside TCO musicians throughout her tenure. Following its world premiere, Grit. Grace. Glory. received its Canadian Premiere by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Recent highlights also include the West Coast Premiere of Loggins-Hull’s flute concerto Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni by the Seattle Symphony with soloist Demarre McGill and performing her own works with members of the orchestra at Raisbeck Music Center’s Octave 9, as well as premieres for The Knights, Third Coast Percussion, Apollo Chamber Players, and the National Orchestral Institute.
In recent years, Loggins-Hull performed with Lizzo at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards Show® and at the 2023 Met Gala, where she led an ensemble of flutists. As a performer on film scores, Loggins-Hull was co-principal flutist on the soundtracks for Creed III and Disney’s 2019 remake of The Lion King, working closely with Hans Zimmer. Continuing her work in film, Loggins-Hull composed the score for Bring Them Back, a 2019 award-winning documentary about the legendary dancer Maurice Hines, directed by Jon Carluccio and executive produced by Debbie Allen.
Born in Chicago, Loggins-Hull lives with her family in Montclair, New Jersey. She is represented by Pink Noise Agency, a BIG Arts Group Company. Allison Loggins-Hull received a 2025 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Learn more at www.allisonloggins.com.
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