Works b Judith Shatin to be performed at the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia, August 18 and 19.
Mariola for viola and marimba will be performed on Mon., 8/18 at 3:00 p.m. by the Piedmont Duo (Ayn Balija and I-Jen Fang) at the Central United Methodist Church in Staunton, VA.
Kassia, scored for clarinet, harp and string quintet, will also be performed at the Staunton Music Festival on Tues, 8/19 at noon at the First Presbyterian Church in Staunton. Commissioned by the Pittsburgh-based Kassia ensemble, it reaches back across the centuries to their namesake, the 9th-C Abbess, poet and hymnographer (image). Several motifs from two of Kassia's most known 9th C. chants are woven into this contemporary piece.