Internationally renowned violinist Lara St. John will play a program of women composers and works by Bach in concert on March 26 at the Reformed Church of Saugerties. St. John was invested with the Order of Canada in 2020 by the Governor General of Canada. She performs on the 1779 “Ex-Salabue” Guadagnini. 

Tickets: $25: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/271035182527

21 and under: Free at the door with ID

The Program:

Milica Paranosic (b. 1968) - Bubamara, 2021

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) - Danza de la Mariposa, 2011

Laurie Anderson (b. 1947) - Statue of Liberty, 2001

Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980) - Kommós, 2011

Jessica Meyer (b. 1974) - Confronting the Sky), 2015

Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972) - from Suite Mestiza, Pinkillo Llorando), 2017

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt Gramatté (1899–1974) - Caprice # 5: Danse Marocaine, 1927

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  - Violin Sonata No.3 in C major

The concert will benefit development of a new opera, Penelope and the Geese, a feminist retelling of the Odyssey, by composer Milica Paranosic and librettist Cheri Magid.