Earplay Presents: Kaleidoscopic

Step into a night of bold questions, vivid storytelling, and striking sonic imagination with Earplay’s Kaleidoscopic — a richly layered concert that brings together iconic American modernism and powerful new voices. The program centers on Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question in a newly created 2025 arrangement for chamber ensemble, organ, and synthesizer, alongside four compelling contemporary works: the world premiere of Hyo-shin Na’s Searching for the Way, the U.S. premiere of Benet Casablancas’s Haikus Notebook (winner of Earplay’s 2025 Donald Aird Composers Competition), Mark Winges’s playful and myth-tinged Loki’s Lair, and Shuying Li’s The Wild Party — a vibrant, text-driven world premiere for chamber ensemble, soprano, and conductor inspired by Joseph Moncure March’s jazz-era poem.

Thanks to Groupmuse Nights Out, discounted tickets are available, making it easier to experience this adventurous program of premieres and modern classics live at Noe Valley Ministry. We’re thrilled to connect our community with concerts that reward curiosity, deep listening, and a sense of discovery — don’t miss this chance to hear Earplay at its most expansive and imaginative.

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