A few weeks ago, NB announced that a finalist from our 2010 Commission Competition had written a work inspired by the proposal he submitted to BCE. Although not the winner, his work was based on our concert theme and was written for the love of it!
This week, BCE received word that Ruth Haber, an applicant to our 2009 Commission Competition, has done the same thing! The concert was called MEDITATIONS and themed around Eastern texts set by Western composers. Her proposal from fall 2008 was to set a poem by Rumi called Where Everything Is Music.
Her new work will be premiered in one week by the West Valley College Chamber Singers, Lou de la Rosa, conducting.
The concert announcement reads like this:
The final concert of the West Valley College Chamber Singers will be a twin bill with the San Jose State University Chamber Singers … on May 7, 2010…. The concert will include performances of works by Bernstein, Brahms, Weelkes, Marenzio, and the premiere of two compositions by San Jose composers Brian Holmes and Ruth Huber.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful news, Ruth, and congratulations!
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