Events

Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Chorale Premieres La Frontera

Asbury United Methodist Church 196 S Harrison Ave # 1, Kankakee, IL, United States

Conductor J. Scott Ferguson and the Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir are participating in the premiere season of La Frontera (The Border). This is a setting of a poem written by an undocumented immigrant youth imprisoned in an American maximum security detention center.

Ayn Balija Premieres Rising on the Wings of Dawn for Viola

Liszt Hall at the University of Pécs Zsolnay Vilmos u. 39, Pécs

Rising on the Wings of Dawn is an image from Psalm 139 which inspired this solo piece. It received its world premiere performance by violinist Wanchi, and I created the new version for viola in close consultation with violist Ayn Balija for this premiere.