NEW SOUNDS: #4178: New Releases, November 2018
NEW SOUNDS: #4178: New Releases, November 2018
BY JOHN SCHAEFER
“Hear a work composed by Shara Nova for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, as part of their collaborative record, Silent Voices, written for the 25th anniversary of the chorus, and featuring the ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble.) Nova’s piece, “Blind to the Illness” was written in the summer of 2016, in response to the many killings of blacks in America. The project gives voice to those that have been silenced or marginalized while taking on important topics to the choristers: like the Syrian refugee crisis, women’s rights, the process of gentrification and displacement, and features music by several composers: Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Toshi Reagon.”