Tue 3/12 @ 7PM
Starting in 2022, Chicago-born, New Jersey-based flutist/composer Allison Loggins-Hull became the Cleveland Orchestra’s Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow, a three-year appointment now in its second season. Included in that program are compositions about Cleveland history, chamber music concerts and workshops with students.
She brings a fresh outlook to music with interests that span from symphonic and chamber music, film scores and electronic compositions and she often works with African-American cultural themes. Last year, she led a flute ensemble backing a performance by Lizzo (herself a flutist) at the Met Gala.
The orchestra has announced a series of intimate performances, called the In Community Chamber Concert Series, curated by Loggins-Hull in collaboration with three community organizations — the H.K. School of Bandura, Fatima Family Center, and Karamu House, as well as a culminating performance at Severance Music Center May 11 featuring highlights from the series and a new composition for string sextet by Loggins-Hull.
The first concert, “Blue and Gold: Colors of the Bandura,” takes place Tuesday March 12 @ 7pm at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Cultural Center in Parma and features members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the H.K. School of Bandura. The program includes Caroline Shaw’s Blueprint, Valentine Silvestrov’s String Quarter No 1, Judd Greenstein’s K’Zohar Harakia, a traditional piece arranged by Loggins-Hull called Echo of the Steppes, and works for Bandura Ensemble. The program is free and no tickets are needed.
Future performances include “Faith” at the Fatima Family Center on Wednesday April 24; “Legacy: Past, Present, and Future” at Karamu on May 1; and “Finale” at Severance Music Center on May 11. Go here for more information.
Parma, OH 44134