Tag: There Will Come Soft Rains

Ensemble for These Times Call for Scores Winner

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I recently received the good news that There Will Come Soft Rains for unaccompanied voice was chosen for performance by the Ensemble For These Times in their inaugural Call for Scores.  Selected from over 200 submissions, the piece will be performed during the 2016-17 concert season.  I am very excited to be working with this great ensemble and am honored to be among the composers chosen (see the official release for a full list of winners).

This work is now available through the online store – click here to listen to a recording, view a perusal score, and/or purchase downloadable sheet music.

Related event

  • Performer(s): Ensemble for These Times
  • Date: 11/17/17
  • Time: 12:30pm
  • Venue: Cafe Europa
  • City: Berkeley , CA
  • Address: JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St.
  • Country: United States
  • Admission: free
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • More information
  • Notes: Ensemble for These Times performs “There Will Come Soft Rains,” which was one of the winning pieces in their call for scores.
  • Performer(s): Ensemble for These Times
  • Date: 11/19/17
  • Time: 4:00pm
  • Venue: Berkeley Piano Club
  • City: Berkeley , CA
  • Address: 2724 Haste Street
  • Country: United States
  • Admission: $30/$20 ($20/$10 with a subscription)
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • More information
  • Notes: Ensemble for These Times performs “There Will Come Soft Rains,” which was one of the winning pieces in their call for scores.

WCFH Benefit Concert on 10/23

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As part of our Fall Fundraising Campaign running from now until Oct. 23, board members from the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, along with a few special guests, will present an exciting evening of music. “Love, Motherhood, and the Female Gaze” explores the ways that women composers offer unique perspectives on parenthood, romantic relationships, and the female body.  The program will include music by Pauline Viardot, Florence Price, Amy Beach, Lori Laitman, Gala Flagello, myself, and more.

The concert will be held on Oct. 23 at 7:30 pm in the historic Charter Oak Cultural Center.  Tickets are a suggested donation of $20 for general admission or $5 for students, educators, and seniors.  Tickets are available ahead of time online or at the door.

Additionally, we have teamed up with Savers Thrift Store as part of this event, which means that we are accepting donations in the form of cash, check, and bags of gently used clothing, accessories, books, and small household items! We will also be selling swag from our Indiegogo campaign, which you can check out ahead of time here.

We hope you will join us for the concert.  If you can’t make it but would still like to support the Festival, please consider making a tax-deductible donation – every little bit helps us to continue presenting high quality music by women composers!

Related event

  • Performer(s): Women Composers Festival of Hartford
  • Date: 10/23/15
  • Time: 7:30pm
  • Venue: Charter Oak Cultural Center
  • City: Hartford , CT
  • Address: 21 Charter Oak Ave
  • Country: United States
  • Admission: $20/$5
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • Notes: Miguel Campinho will perform “Glimpses” for solo piano and Amanda Kohl will perform “There Will Come Soft Rains” for solo voice. Music by Pauline Viardot, Amy Beach, Lori Laitman, Gala Flagello, and more will also be included.

Hillary LaBonte performs “There Will Come Soft Rains” on 10/9

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Soprano Hillary LaBonte will perform my solo vocal work “There Will Come Soft Rains” on Oct. 9 at the Toledo Art Museum. The concert will take place at 7 pm and is part of the Ear | Eye series. The Museum describes the event as follows:

“In partnership with the doctoral program at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts, the Museum presents a new performance and discussion series that explores the relationship between contemporary music and art through music performances in response to specific works of art. Performing musicians, TMA Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Halona Norton-Westbrook and staff will lead a discussion of the paired music and art with an emphasis on the intertwining elements of visual and musical literacy. This Friday evening series is sponsored in part by Fifth Third Bank. The Oct. 9 performance will respond to art on view in Gallery 7, including works by El Anatsui, Louis Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi and Sol LeWitt.”

Hillary has performed the work before, as part of the 2015 New Music Gathering, and I am very excited that she has decided to program it again.  If you can’t make the concert, but would like to check out a recording of the piece, it is available on Soundcloud here.  If you’d like to purchase sheet music for this work, it is now for sale on Musicspoke.

Related event

  • Performer(s): Hillary LaBonte
  • Date: 10/09/15
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Venue: Toledo Museum of Art
  • City: Toledo , OH
  • Address: 2445 Monroe Street
  • Country: United States
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • Notes: Hillary LaBonte performs “There Will Come Soft Rains” as part of the Ear | Eye series.