Description: Featuring the music of two masterful current-day composers, Caroline Shaw and Nicolás Lell Benavides, this concert is a exhibition of the modern art song. Beautifully presented by Friction Quartet and Mezzo-Soprano, Melinda Martinez Becker; join to hear the varied inspirations on display by both composers. Additionally inclucded on the program are two arrangements of the works of Gilberto Parra and Raymundo Perez y Soto by Melinda Martinez Becker. This program includes one premiere.

Featured Performers: Melinda Martinez Becker

Program: 

Caroline Shaw- Blueprint

Caroline Shaw - First Essay

Caroline Shaw - Can’t Voi L’aube

Caroline Shaw - Other Song 

Nicolás Lell Benavides - Canto Caló

Gilberto Parra - Por Un Amor, arr. Melinda Martinez Becker

Raymundo Pérez y Soto - La Cigarra, arr. Melinda Martinez Becker