AUGUSTA听– A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream听is a new composition by UMA Professor of Music Richard Nelson which sets to music three poems by UMA Professor of English Ellen Taylor.听听This piece will be a featured work in a concert by the to be held in Jewett Auditorium at the 天美传媒 on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m.
In his composition, Nelson has crafted vivid settings of Taylor鈥檚 poems 鈥淭here鈥檚 something sad about September鈥�, 鈥淚ce鈥�, and 鈥淪ong to the Fog鈥�. He draws on what these poems bring forth about our shared humanity and on their evocations of the strongly flavored, starkly contrasting seasons here in Maine.听听Nelson and Taylor鈥檚 work will be part of an eclectic and engaging mix of 20th- and 21st-century music on the program, composers from Maine and beyond: Daniel Sonenberg, Nancy Gunn, Andr茅 Previn, Lukas Foss, and Bunita Marcus. In addition to Taylor鈥檚 poems, the concert additionally includes settings of poems by Toni Morrison, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Elizabeth Spires.
The outstanding Resinosa Ensemble is a chamber trio of three Maine-based women: Jo毛lle Morris, mezzo-soprano, Eliza Meyer, cello, and Bridget Convey, piano.听听In the group鈥檚 own words, 鈥淭his ensemble came together out of a love to perform chamber music, working with living composers, and generally offer music slightly off the beaten path.鈥澨齊esinosa听has performed throughout Maine, at venues such as Bowdoin College鈥檚 Studzinski Recital Hall; Bates College鈥檚 Olin Arts Center; Colby College鈥檚 Museum of Art; and was a featured ensemble at the Back Cove New Music Festival 2018. Resinosa is looking forward to performing at new venues throughout greater New England and New York in the coming seasons.