“WE DISSENT” Tickets Now on Sale!
With sorrow -- for this Court, but more, for the many millions of Americans who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection -- we dissent. —Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court 06/24/2022
Resonance opens its 14th season with “We Dissent,” a concert reviving the 2019 commission, LISTEN, and focusing on reproductive justice and bodily autonomy
Resonance Ensemble under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Katherine FitzGibbon, announces its first concert of the 2022-2023 season, “We Dissent.” This all-treble voices program focuses on human rights, reproductive justice, and bodily autonomy and will be performed at Alberta House on Saturday, October 1, 2022 with a repeat matinee performance on Sunday, October 2.
AD Katherine FitzGibbon and composer of “LISTEN,” Melissa Dunphy
“The US Supreme Court’s recent decision to wipe out the constitutional right to abortion sparked a blistering dissent in the Court,” says Artistic Director Dr. Katherine FitzGibbon. “We knew we needed to respond. We Dissent is that response.”
The program includes a revival of the 2019 Resonance commission, LISTEN, a gut-punching work by composer Melissa Dunphy. This two-movement work adapts the Senate testimonies of Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford.
“When Katherine approached me to write this piece, I immediately jumped at the opportunity.” says composer Melissa Dunphy. “I was able to attend the premiere when Resonance performed it in 2019. It was one of the most emotional concerts I’ve ever attended.”
treble choir, Resonance Ensemble, 2019 (R Hadiashar)
The concert also includes the return of works by Suzanne Vega (arranged by Resonance vocalist Maria Karlin) and the Wailin’ Jennys, which previous Resonance Ensemble attendees will remember from the 2018 sold out performances of the Women Singing Women concert. In addition to these audience favorites, the program will also feature works by Mari Esabel Valverde, Jocelyn Hagen, an original work by poet-in-residence Dr. S. Renee Mitchell, and more!
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About We Dissent
About Resonance Ensemble
About Artistic Director Katherine FitzGibbon
About Melissa Dunphy
About Alberta House
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