Juventas will perform Oliver’s Green Mountain Fugue in its “Family Photos” program, alongside string quartets by Derrick Skye, Kian Ravaei, Jerod Tate and Clarice Assad. The program traces each artist’s personal journey and heritage, while inviting listeners to reflect on the diverse threads woven into our shared national journey. Green Mountain Fugue was commissioned by […]

The North/South Consonance Ensemble will premiere a new arrangement of Oliver’s Canciones de Monteverde in a free concert on June 17. Originally composed for string quartet, the work has been newly expanded for string orchestra, offering a fresh and richly textured perspective on the music. In December 2019, Oliver traveled to Monteverde, Costa Rica—one of […]

Julia Scott Carey will perform the East Coast Premiere of Echoes on the Horizon May 17 & 18 at the New England Botanic Garden. Commissioned in honor of author Naseem Rakha, this three-movement work draws inspiration from natural places dear to her heart: the Columbia River Gorge and, Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, and the […]

The Concord Chorale will perform We Exist twice this weekend, in a program centered on kindness. Created with author Naseem Rakha in late 2017 after the violence in Charlottesville, We Exist (scored for chorus and orchestra) emerged as a musical call to action. Its message is even more urgent today—a call to embrace diversity, defend […]

Juventas will reprise Oliver’s trio In the Direction of Dreams in its Sounds of New England program, Sunday, May 4 at First Parish Sudbury. In the Direction of Dreams (clarinet, cello, piano) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the United States Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Nature has long been a source of peace and creativity […]