World Premier of One Flock by Jake Music by Jake Runestad. Libretto by Todd Boss. Performed by Ember Choral Arts. Deborah Simpkin King, conductor. More info: http://jakerunestad.com/store/one-flock

Opening with an explosion of birds and closing with the choir’s exit into the wider diasporic “flock of humanity,” this dramatic cantata tells the story of a town beseiged by a wildfire, and uses the performance space as a stage through which the choir enacts the community’s displacement. Now chaotic, now tender, imbued with loss and longing, this 11-minute work inspires audiences with its expansive sonic and emotional landscape.

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