Jan Gilbert has been a member of the American Composers Alliance since 1980. Her choral works have been commissioned by Chanticleer, the Dale Warland Singers, Ars Nova Singers and LISTEN, and her work has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation and Northwest Area Foundation. She has completed several residencies at the MacDowell Colony. Originally from New City, Gilbert is a faculty member at Macalester College. She has also served as Music Curator at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. The St. Paul Civic Symphony will premiere her concerto for South Indian veena and orchestra in May, and her new song cycle “The Lady of the Broom” for soprano, flute/alto flute, viola and cello receives its first performance on tonight's concert.