Pandemic Dances

Composers and performers are finding incredibly creative ways to continue connecting and making great music in the midst of a global pandemic. Seth talks with composers Suzanne Farrin, Gene Pritsker, Carlos Simon, Liza Sobel and Greg Bartholomew as well as countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and American Composers Orchestra's Artistic Director Derek Bermel. MUSIC Nacht (excerpt) by Suzanne Farrin Performed by: Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot Alice Teyssier, voice Ross Karre, percussion Randall Zigler, bass Nuiko Wadden, harp Ryan Streber, audio engineer Pandemic Dance #32 and #30 by Gene Pritsker Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ Kristof Knoch - bass clarinet Gene Pritsker - electric guitar Another Rising by Carlos Simon Presented as part of American Composers Orchestra's Connecting ACO Community Performed by: Anthony Roth Constanzo, counter tenor Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker - Founder and Artistic Director Brian Losch, sound editing and mixing Reverse Forward by Liza Sobel Performed by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ken-David Masur - conductor Fire and Ice and Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew Performed by: Matt Curtis Useless Machines for Thinking, Dreaming, Feeling mvmt 3 Mind Fire by Seth Boustead Performed by Ford Fourqurean - bass clarinet David Keller - cello Henry Zheng - violin