Thu 5/28 @ 7PM
Fri 5/29 @ 7PM
Sat 5/30 @ 7PM
When Cleveland’s No Exit New Music hosts its next series of shows, it will be celebrating someone who will be familiar to local lovers of new and cutting-edge music as well as No Exit audiences: Dr. Andrew Rindfleisch, a professor of composition at Cleveland State University. Reinfleisch’s piece American Descent, which was given its debut performance by No Exit in October 2025, is a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The Pulitzer board said the piece is “an energetic, emotional work, richly orchestrated to include propulsive metallic textures as well as moments of solitude and introspection.” It focuses on “themes of societal instability, division, cruelty, memory and resilience” — in other words, it’s very timely.
The program, called “Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets,” will feature soprano Anika Kilkegaard, as the ensemble performs works by Annika Socolofsky and No Exit artistic director Timothy Beyer, as well as the world premiere of music by Rober Honstein. They’ll perform at Waterloo Arts on Thursday May 28; at the BOP STOP on Friday May 29; and at Heights Arts on Saturday May 30. As always, No Exit concerts are free and open to all.