Women Crossing/ Liminality

Presented by Ensemble for These Times

The highlight of E4TT’s 2025/26 season will be Women Crossing/Liminality, our annual commissions concert and sixth multimedia collaboration with the Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The program will also be the culmination of our two-year project, “Women Crossing/Liminality,” an innovative exploration of women’s immigration and identity. The concert will feature three commissioned World Premieres, along with the World Premiere of  the winner in the E4TT/TAC student multimedia composition competition, plus music by Leilehua Lanzilotti, Sophia Jen Ouyang, and Zhou Tian.

E4TT (soprano Nanette McGuinness, cellist Megan Chartier, pianist Margaret Halbig) will be joined by guests percussionist Haruka Fujii, violinist Lylia Guion and flutist Stacey Pelinka. The concert is free to attend at Cha Chi Ming Recital Hall in the Bowes Center at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (RSVPs recommended) and will also be livestreamed at no charge on SFCM’s Vimeo channel.

Pre-Concert Composer Talk at 7:00 pm.

 

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Program Items

Leilehua Lanzilotti “say it in your heart, say it in your sleep” (2023) for solo piano
Sophia Jen Ouyang “Liminal/ity” (2021) for solo cello
Zhou Tian “A Crown for Sonia” (2008) for soprano, cello, and piano
Winner of the E4TT/TAC student multimedia composition competition "World Premiere"
Juhi Bansal "World Premiere" for voice, cello, and piano
Vivian Fung "World Premiere" for found-object percussion and bass flute
Pamela Z "World Premiere" for found-object percussion, violin, cello, and tape

Performers

Nanette McGuinness Soprano
Lylia Guion Violin
Megan Chartier Cello
Margaret Halbig Piano
Haruka Fujii Percussion
Stacey Pelinka Bass Flute