String Quartet No. 1 “Wrong Ocean,” Talkback IV, and excerpts from the opera Alice

Composer Guy Barash brings his new works to Turtle Bay Music School for a free concert as an Exploring the Metropolis Con Edison Composer-in-Residence. In addition to the world premiere of his first string quartet and a piece for piano and electronics, Barash will present excerpts from his evolving opera Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins, based on the play by Nick Flynn.

String Quartet No. 1 (2012, World Premiere)
Cornelius Dufallo, violin
Jennifer Choi, violin
Lev ‘Ljova’ Zhurbin, viola
Yves Dharamraj, cello

TalkBack IV for piano and computer (2010, revised 2012)
Kathleen Supové, piano

excerpts from Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins – opera (2013, work in progress)
David Bloom, conductor
Seth Gilman, baritone
Kayleigh Butcher, mezzo
Blythe Gaissert, alto
Lisa Dove, soprano
Javier Ortiz, bass
Sean Christensen, tenor