This concert is the culmination of a week-long, in-person residency at I-Park’s artists’ retreat in East Haddam, Connecticut. In this intimate, collegial setting, the participants share ideas, inspire one another, and share meals together while they workshop and rehearse five new compositions for their world premieres. This is the fourth iteration of I-Park’s popular Composers + Musicians Collaborative Residency. This year’s ensemble-in-residence is Hub New Music.

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is a “prime mover of piping hot 21st century repertoire” (Washington Post). Founded in 2013, the Detroit-based ensemble has commissioned dozens of new works for its distinctive ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. Hub’s “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR) actively collaborates with today’s most celebrated composers on projects that traverse today’s rich musical landscape. Hub New Music is Michael Avitabile (flutes), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinets), Meg Rohrer (violin/viola), and Jesse Christeson (cello). Currently based in Detroit, the ensemble’s name is inspired by its founding city of Boston’s reputation as a hub of innovation.

I-Park is proud to bring together the following composers and Hub New Music:
Giordano Bruno do Nascimento, Germany
Daniel Sabzghabaei, New York
Daniel Wohl, Los Angeles
Ethan Gonzalez Soledad, Florida
Celka Ojakangas, Los Angeles

Hub New Music:
Michael Avitabile flutes
Jess Christeson cello
Gleb Kanasevich clarinets
Meg Rohrer violin, viola

I-Park’s mission is to nurture artists of exceptional talent, celebrate the creative process and inspire the greater culture. I-Park fulfills these aspirations through its international artists-in-residence program and the stewardship and aesthetic engagement of its natural and imagined environments.

The I-Park Foundation, Inc., founded in 2001, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit public charity. It supports artists and designers working in the following creative disciplines: Music Composition, Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Architecture, Interdisciplinary Practice, Landscape/Garden/Ecological Design and Moving Image. I-Park has awarded over 1200 fully funded residencies since its inception. The residence facilities are nestled within a 450-acre nature preserve. Many artists are drawn to this setting because of the varied opportunities for creating site-responsive artworks.