Penelope · Symphony New Hampshire · March 2024

2023-2024

MarCh 2 & 3

SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER’S

PENELOPE

Feat. Corrine Byrne and Katie Semro Coming up!

March 23 & 24 - Game Over(ture); music of video games April 20 - New World June 8 & 9 - The Music of John Williams

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CELEBRATING

AS 100 YEARS THE

SYMPHONIC SOUND OF THE

GRANITE STATE Office Location: 6 Church St. Nashua, NH Mail to: PO Box 1350 Nashua, NH 03061 Contact Us: E-mail: snh@symphonynh.org General Office: 603-595-9156 Website: symphonynh.org

2023-24 season Welcome from the Executive Director and Board President. . . . . . 6 Letter from Roger Kalia, Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Biography of Roger Kalia, Music Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope Program, Musicians, Program Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15 Lyrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 - 19 Guest Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21 Next Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Annual Fund Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Business Sponsors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Symphony NH Board of Trustees and Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Symphony NH Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Calendar

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F A L L

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SANDEEP DAS

ANURADHA “JUJU” PALAKURTHI

TABLA

VOCALIST

EAST MEETS WEST VOL. II SEPTEMBER 23

NASHUA

SYMPHONY MASALA OCTOBER 21 NASHUA

2023/24

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DANNY RIVERA NARRATOR

WYNTON MARSALIS' A FIDDLER'S TALE NOV 10, 11, 12

DERRY, MANCHESTER, CONCORD

2 0 2 4

CORRINE BYRNE

ROSANNA MOORE

MORE GUEST ARTISTS

VOCALIST

HARP

AUSTIN WINTORY TO BEOF JOURNEY COMPOSER

PENELOPE MARCH 2, 3, 4

NEW WORLD APRIL 20 NASHUA

GAME OVER(TURE); THE MUSIC OF VIDEO GAMES MARCH 23 & 24 CONCORD, NASHUA

MANCHESTER, CONCORD, DERRY

ANNOUNCED!

2023/24 artist bios & more at symphonynh.org

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Welcome!

Deanna Hoying Headshot

We are delighted to extend to you our warmest welcomes as we embark on a musical journey that is as rich and harmonious as the notes that fill the air. It is with immense joy and pride that we celebrate a remarkable milestone - 101 years of Symphony NH! What began as a dream of a few passionate musicians in 1923 has flourished into an institution that has woven the tapestry of classical music into the very fabric of our community.

Over the past century, our orchestra has not only shared the timeless beauty of classical compositions but has also evolved to embrace the diverse and ever-evolving world of music. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has led us through eras of change, and today, we stand as a testament to the enduring power of music to unite, inspire, and transform lives.

As we reflect on our history, we are reminded of the countless talented musicians who have graced our stage, the dedicated patrons who have joined us on this musical odyssey, and the tireless efforts of our staff, board, and volunteers who have made it all possible. Together, we have created moments of pure magic, filling concert halls with the sublime sounds of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

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Letter from the Executive Director and President of the Board of Directors

Photo credit Sid Ceaser

To mark occasion, we have curated an exceptional season of performances, featuring celebrated guest artists and timeless masterpieces. This season is not only a celebration of our past but a testament to our commitment to exploring new horizons and pushing the boundaries of classical music.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each one of you - our loyal supporters, season ticket holders, donors, and friends - for your unwavering dedication to the arts. Your presence and support have been the cornerstone of our success, and we look forward to sharing this historic year with you.

Together, let us revel in the beauty of the symphony as it has existed for over a century and as it continues to evolve and inspire generations to come. Join us as we raise our batons to the future, embracing the next hundred years of music, creativity, and community.

Once again, welcome to the 101st season of Symphony NH! We are thrilled to have you with us, and we cannot wait to create and share magical musical moments together.

Sincerely, Deanna Hoying Executive Director

Mary Jordan Board President

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Meet Our Music Director Roger Kalia

Photo credit Brian Malloy Photography

Dear Friends, Greetings and welcome to Symphony NH’s 2023-24 season! I am excited to continue our celebration of the orchestra’s 100th anniversary, as we celebrate our extraordinary musicians and perform a variety of music—everything from symphonic warhorses to the stunning film scores of John Williams, alongside stunning guest artists.

Our upcoming season will be one of our most ambitious and creative to date. Our 100th anniversary season reflects our dedication to sharing the wide array of cultures and voices that make up the unique spirit of the Granite State. I have curated a series of concerts that not only bring to life the timeless classics that have shaped the orchestral canon, but also explores new and unique compositions being written by some of today’s most captivating and unique voices.

I am thrilled to conduct symphonic classics such as Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and Dvořák’s New World Symphony, alongside newer works by Sarah Kirkland Snider and Wynton Marsalis. We will feature an amazing array of guest artists— tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das, Indian-American singer Anuradha “Juju” Palakurthi, and electric harpist Rosanna Moore, among others. Additionally, I am looking forward to unique local collaborations with the Spartans Drum Corps in an innovative concert titled Brass to the Max! as well as conducting a concert of video game music featuring Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory. Focusing on the future, Symphony NH will be performing two world premiere compositions: D.J. Sparr’s Extraordinary Motion: Concerto for Electric Harp and the New Hampshire Concerto (Symphony NH’s first collaborative commission with student composers from Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire).

Here’s to a season filled with incredible performances and unforgettable memories as we celebrate this milestone anniversary season with all of you. See you soon!

Sincerely,

Roger Kalia Music Director, Symphony NH

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Roger Kalia Music Director, Symphony NH With a dynamic podium presence and noted passionate interpretations, Indian American conductor Roger Kalia has been celebrated by audiences and industry professionals alike, with Symphony Magazine recently recognizing him nationally as one of five first-year music directors with innovative programming during the pandemic. Praised for bringing a “fresh view to classical music” (The Republic, IN), Kalia is now in his fourth season as Music Director of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, his fifth season as Music Director of the Symphony New Hampshire, and in his sixth season with Orchestra Santa Monica. He is also Co-Founder and Music Director of the celebrated Lake George Music Festival in upstate New York. The recipient of several awards from the Solti Foundation U.S., including an Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency with Lyric Opera of Chicago and five Career Assistance Awards, Kalia has been praised for his “extraordinary leadership” (Courier & Press).

A versatile communicator and frequent guest conductor, Kalia is described as “leading with passionate intensity and a clear beat” as well as being “one to watch” (Long Beach Gazette) after his debut with the Long Beach Symphony. In recent seasons, Kalia has appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Chicago Sinfonietta, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic (Poland), Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Redlands, Terre Haute, Lima, Adrian, Bakersfield, Great Falls, Owensboro, Spokane, and Wheeling. The 2023-24 season features a debut with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and a return engagement with the Long Beach Symphony.

Kalia’s 2023-24 season features him leading Symphony NH for their 100th anniversary season in a variety of programs including their first-ever symphonic Bollywood concert featuring Indian-American singer Anuradha “Juju” Palakurthi at the Nashua Center for the Arts; two world premieres including D.J. Sparr’s Extraordinary Motion: Concerto for Electric Harp featuring Rosanna Moore, and the New Hampshire Concerto (Symphony NH’s first collaborative commission

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with student composers from Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire); and a unique collaboration with the Nashua-based Spartans Drum Corps. With the Evansville Philharmonic, the orchestra will perform the Evansville premieres of Dinuk Wijeratne’s Tabla Concerto featuring Sandeep Das and Sheridan Seyfried’s Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra featuring Timothy and Nikki Chooi; performances of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2; a return of the Musicians Showcase concert as part of the Classics Series featuring principal musicians of the orchestra as soloists; and first-ever collaborations with the University of Southern Indiana and the Red Skelton Theater at Vincennes University.

Orchestra Santa Monica was recently chosen to be a part of the inaugural California Festival: A Celebration of New Music where Kalia will lead the orchestra in Brian Raphael Nabor’s lubilo. Kalia recently appointed acclaimed baritone Jubilant Sykes as OSM’s first-ever Artistic Advisor for the upcoming season, where the two of them will collaborate and plan future concert programs.

In his various music director positions, Kalia has focused on innovative artistic partnerships highlighting a variety of community partners. In 2021, Kalia collaborated with composer Derrick Skye, historian Robbie Jones, and artist Kevin McCants to commission and premiere Orchestra Santa Monica’s first-ever art film titled We Gather: Black Life in Santa Monica told through music, visuals, and narrative, which has since received screenings at the California African American Museum and KUSC. In 2022, We Gather Suite for Orchestra was commissioned by OSM and received its world premiere performance as part of OSM’s ten-year anniversary season. Kalia’s early seasons as music director of the Evansville Philharmonic have seen fruitful artistic collaborations with community organizations such as Historic Bosse Field, the Tri-State Hindu Temple, Evansville Civic Theatre, Children’s Center for Dance Education, and the Evansville Wartime Museum. Kalia’s visionary programming has been featured on PBS’ “On the Road with Brick Briscoe” and “Regional Voices,” and in publications such as Evansville Living Magazine and the League of American Orchestra’s Symphony Magazine.

In 2011, Kalia and two of his colleagues co-founded the Lake George Music Festival, which has been described as “an unparalleled classical music experience in the Adirondacks” (Chronogram). As one of the nation’s foremost classical music artist retreats, the festival presents cutting-edge artists and composers performing classical and new music, traditional and experimental concerts and recitals of various sizes, open rehearsals, informational talks, and a variety of community outreach programs—all held at the newly renovated Carriage House on the ground of the Fort William Henry Hotel. Kalia’s leadership has been hailed as “unbounded and impressive” (The Glens Falls Chronicle) with concert performances of the Festival Orchestra being regularly featured on NPR’s Performance Today and highlighted in Gramophone Magazine, Musical America, and Saratoga Living, among others. Kalia has led programs ranging from semi-staged chamber operas to commissioned works and premieres including Sheridan Seyfried’s Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra featuring Nikki and Timothy Chooi, and Paul Dooley’s Northern Nights featuring percussionist Lisa Pegher. Kalia was recently featured on the Everything Conducting podcast for his innovative work at the festival including the creation of its inaugural Conducting Fellowship program this past summer.

Kalia has collaborated with a wide range of artists including singers Angela Brown, Reginald Smith Jr, Shayna Steele, and Jubilant Sykes; guitarist Meng Su; the Grammy award winning trio Time for Three; Cirque de la Symphonie; Electronic Dance Music (EDM) duo MAKO; Project TRIO; singer/songwriters Randy Newman and Randy Jackson; violinists Nathan Cole, Glenn Dicterow and Sirena Huang; trumpeter Thomas Hooten; pianists Fei-Fei Dong, Vijay Venkatesh, Sean Chen, and Misha Dichter; rock musicians Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls and Nancy Wilson of Heart; the B-52s; sitar player Anoushka Shankar; actor Jack Black; and visual artist/astronomer Dr. José Francisco Salgado.

A native of New York State, Kalia holds degrees from Indiana University, the University of Houston, and SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. His primary mentors include David Effron, Arthur Fagen, and Franz Anton Krager with additional mentoring from David Zinman, Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, and the late Kurt Masur. Previous posts include Associate Conductor of California’s Pacific Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Conducting Fellow with the Chicago Sinfonietta, and Music Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (IN). Kalia attended the Aspen Music Festival where he was a Conducting Fellow in 2010, and in 2011, Kalia won Second Prize in the Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition, which led to his debut with the orchestra the following season and launched his professional career. Kalia is married to musicologist / violinist Christine Wisch.

“Kalia brings a fresh view to the classical music.”

— THE REPUBLIC (IN) “Kalia led with passionate intensity and a clear beat ... he’s one to watch.”

— LONG BEACH GAZETTE (CA) “... what a remarkable performance [of the Mendelssohn “Scottish” Symphony]...

Mendelssohn’s paean to the rugged beauty of that northern nation came alive in this fine performance, with the EPO under the extraordinary leadership of Kalia.”

— COURIER & PRESS (IN) “Kalia emerges to my ear as the [Lake George Music] festival’s secret weapon. His enthusiasm and positivism ... is unbounded. His leadership, impressive.”

— THE GLENS FALLS CHRONICLE (NY)

Penelope

Sarah Kirkland Snider 

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Roger Kalia, conductor Corrine Byrne, vocalist Katie Semro, sound design

1) The Stranger with the Face of a Man I Loved 2) This Is What You’re Like 3) The Honeyed Fruit 4) The Lotus Eaters 5) Nausicaa 6) Circe and the Hanged Man 7) I Died of Waiting 8) Home 9) Dead Friend 10) Calypso 11) And Then You Shall Be Lost Indeed 12) Open Hands 13) Baby Teeth, Bones, and Bullets 14) As He Looks Out to Sea

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Ode to NH Musicians Roger Kalia, conductor Corrine Byrne, vocalist Katie Semro, sound design Elliott Markow, violin Seeun Oh, viola Harel Gietheim, cello Kathy Boyd, flute Hyunwoo Chun, clarinet Steven Harmon, horn Richard Watson, trumpet Jeffrey Bluhm, percussion Dylan Barber, percussion Caio Afiune, guitar

Penelope (2009) Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973) PENELOPE is a song cycle by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, with lyrics by playwright Ellen McLaughlin, featuring vocalist Shara Worden and the chamber orchestra Signal. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey, PENELOPE is a meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to come home.

Suspended somewhere between art song, indie rock, and chamber folk, the music of PENELOPE moves organically from moments of elegiac strings-and-harp reflection to dusky post-rock textures with drums, guitars and electronics, all directed by a strong sense of melody and a craftsman’s approach to songwriting.

PENELOPE originated as a music-theater monodrama, co-written by McLaughlin and Snider in 2007-2008 and commissioned by the J. Paul Getty Center. In the work, originally scored for alto/actor and string quartet, a woman’s husband appears at her door after an absence of twenty years, suffering from brain damage. A veteran of an unnamed war, he doesn’t know who he is and she doesn’t know who he’s become. While they wait together for his return to himself, she reads him the Odyssey, and in the journey of that book, she finds a way into her former husband’s memory and the terror and trauma of war.

In 2009 Snider re-conceived PENELOPE as a song cycle, expanding and tailoring it to the unique talents of vocalist Shara Worden and the chamber orchestra Signal, and collaborating with programmer Michael Hammond on sound design. Worden and Signal, under the direction of conductor Brad Lubman, recorded a version of PENELOPE with producer Lawson White November 3-6, 2009, at Clinton Studios in New York, NY. Sarah Kirkland Snider, McLaughlin, lyrics 

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Lyrics by Ellen McLaughlin 1) The Stranger with the Face of a Man I Loved I have a house Looks out to sea And this is where he came The stranger with the face of a man I loved To the house by the sea Long time, long time gone A sort of home It’s this house That what’s left of his mind Seems to have remembered So what’s left of his mind Claims the house as his Though it’s been mine and mine alone since he left me here He left me here Half a life ago But this is where he came The stranger with the face of a man I loved In this house Where the best of our times I try to remember And the rest of the time I try to forget The times he lied and lied Before he just left me here The stranger with the face of a man I loved In the house by the sea Long time, long time gone A sort of home

2) This Is What You’re Like I’d give a lot I’d give a lot to hear him tell me lies like that again tell me much of anything.

It’s true, he talks It’s true, he talks, but it’s not Anything like it was then

Anything like it was when he talked the way a bird sings, just to sing.

This is what you’re like Do you remember?

This is what you once were like.

You are a man who when the music dies away You keep on dancing And when there’s nothing left to say You tell me lies

You wrote a poem You wrote a poem about me Swimming in the open sea You loved my eyebrows and my stomach and my knobby knees I loved your mouth I loved your mouth and every story that you told to me Where is it you’ve gone?

How can I find you?

I heard you weeping in the dawn But you won’t say if I can bring you back alive I’ll come and find you I can’t help thinking you survived Just went astray.

This is what you’re like Try to remember This is what you once were like Where is it you’ve gone? How can I find you?

Where is it you’ve gone?

Do you remember, you are a man who Told me you loved me You are a man who told me you loved me, Do you remember?

This is what you’re like Try to remember

3) The Honeyed Fruit The honeyed fruit they offered dripped forgetfulness.

Those who tasted it fell where they were, dreaming, their faces smeared smiling with the sweetness of the end of any desire for home. I drove them, weeping, to their rowing benches and tied them in, but still they moaned, straining to look back over their shoulders at the disappearing shore, like children carried off from their calling mothers.

4) The Lotus Eaters Down the ward, the men are dreaming, drooling in their cots.

Pricks of blood in every elbow, I am no better.

It’s just that I’m awake It’s just that I’m awake and walking.

Walking.

Hear my footsteps down the hall.

Now I’m smelling the night air, crunching gravel as I walk, walk, walk.

Never, never, never, never will I never will I sleep like that again Never, never, never, never, never, Never will I sleep like that, sleep like that…

And I’m lost in this night I’m lost in this night I’m already lost, but not as lost as them And I’m lost in this night I’m lost in this night I’m already lost, but not as lost as them my sleeping, drooling, smiling men I’m not as lost, I’m not as lost I’m not as lost as them.

5) Nausicaa

Don’t be afraid, Stranger I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid of you.

You look so lost, Stranger But you’re not lost, ‘Cause I’ve just found you.

Just take my hand, Stranger Just take my hand And I will lead you home.

6. Circe and the Hanged Man “Is he dead?” the Stranger said No, she tells him.

Say you bounce a ball Have you ever noticed that Between the business of its going up and the business of its fall it hesitates?

It just waits There’s a fraction of a second there when it’s luxuriating in the air Before its fate rushes it on.

“But he’s hanging there” Yes, he’s hanging, yes, but from the tree of life “Is he some sort of sacrifice?”

Yes, he’s a sacrifice…

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself “So he could see?”

As only you can see When the world is upside down And you hang From the branch of a tree

“So that’s me?”

Yes, it’s where you seem to be.

And you hang from the branch of a tree.

“So that’s me?”

Yes, it’s where you seem to be.

“So that’s me.”

Say you bounce a ball Have you ever noticed that Between the business of its going up and the business of its fall it hesitates?

It just waits There’s a fraction of a second there when it’s luxuriating in the air Before its fate rushes it on.

“But he’s hanging there” Yes, he’s hanging, yes, but from the tree of life “Is he some sort of sacrifice?”

Yes, he’s a sacrifice…

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself to himself so he could see.

He gave himself “So he could see?”

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As only you can see When the world is upside down And you hang From the branch of a tree

“So that’s me?”

Yes, it’s where you seem to be.

And you hang from the branch of a tree.

“So that’s me?”

Yes, it’s where you seem to be.

“So that’s me.”

7. I Died of Waiting

He says, “Oh, Mother, I am so sad to see you here. I didn’t know. What happened to you?” She says, “I died of waiting. Year after year, I stood the days out, squinting across the water that never showed your sail. One day my hollow heart cracked to powder like an old egg and I fell where I stood, eyes still clinging to the empty horizon.” Bitter with longing Odysseus reaches out to his mother. Three times he tries and three times he fails. She is as untouchable as smoke. He says, “Oh, Mother, why can’t I hold you in my arms? Is this some fresh cruelty the gods devised to trick me?” She says, “It is only death, my son. It is the end we all come to. You and I had our last embrace long ago, in the sunlit world above. Such things can never happen here. Go back, my child. You will be here soon enough, and that is a return I shall not rejoice to see you make.”

8. Home

Home is where I’m going, but never coming Home is someplace I can’t recall, but head for still.

Across the waste of water I search for her, Dear blue land, show your blessed curve So tiny and only mine.

No, no, you can’t go home, she says, the world, where do you think you’re going?

We’re not done with you.

No, no, you can’t go home, she says, the world, where do you think you’re going?

We’re not done with you.

The world is never done with you.

The world wants her travelers to stay lost.

The world swats their eyes as they run through it, She grasps at them, pulling and tugging, She grasps at them.

No, no, you can’t go home, she says, the world, where do you think you’re going?

We’re not done with you.

No, no, you can’t go home, she says, the world, where do you think you’re going?

We’re not done with you.

The world is never done with you.

Not you.

9. Dead Friend

Dead friend Turn your back on me I beg you Do not look at me With those eyes Dead friend I must leave you here I can’t stay You can’t follow me Where I go

Dead friend Turn your back on me Let me go I’ve forgotten you Forget me I’ve forgotten you Forget me

10. Calypso

But I do think of her Standing in that parking lot The stars are out, night drops down on her She is alone again.

She’s alone again.

She holds his cooling dinner in her lifted hand.

Something he just might like Sweet or salty, no one will eat it now.

She looks for him in darkness, stands alone now once again tries to see where he might have gone, where could he go, She looks for him in darkness, stands alone now once again tries to see where he might have gone, where could he go, without her.

11. And Then You Shall Be Lost Indeed Tiresias prophesies for Odysseus in the Underworld: I know you, Captain, all you want in this world is to see the honey light of your own home at last. But there is more trouble to come for you. Poseidon hates you and your way home is through him. He will make it hard for you yet. But if you can hold fast to restraint, there is some hope. You shall find yourself sailing past the Island of the Sun God. Helios, who sees all and hears everything. Helios, from whom nothing is hidden. See his many cattle, sacred to the world, they dapple his island slopes like banks of clouds. They are beautiful and they are holy. But Captain, let no one interfere with them, even if you’re starving. If any man so much as touches them, everything will be taken from you, all your men, your last ship, everything. And then you shall be lost indeed, your fine mind will be useless against the fury of the sun.

12. Open Hands

Here’s an ugly little something, Broken bit of who knows what Here’s a bloody little secret What I did and what I thought Here is what I lost forever Open hands, a certain laugh Here is what I thought I wanted Some lost smile in a photograph

13. Baby Teeth, Bones, and Bullets Let a wind come Let a wind come blow it all away Let a rainstorm Let a rainstorm swallow me Can’t you do that?

Can’t you hide me, God? Can’t you…

Save me from you (save me from you) Sweep me someplace you can’t see (Hide me some place) I am known here (God help me I’m known)

Open eye, open eye staring down on me.

Yellow sky, yellow sky staring down on me.

I am known for what I am.

I am known by you

(Let a wind come and blow it all away) I am known by you (Let a rain storm, let a wind come, and blow it all away) I am known by you (Let a rain storm, let a wind come, and blow it all away) Can’t you…

Save me from you (save me from you) Sweep me someplace you can’t see (Hide me some place) I am known here (I am known by you.)

Let a wind come Let a wind come, blow it all away.

Blow it all, all away.

14. As He Looks Out to Sea It moves like a live thing in his hands The story, his story Bloody and sacred, truth and lie, The story, his story

And it tells itself, the pages turn and tell themselves, Backwards and forwards, Backwards and forwards, Backwards and forwards like the tide.

It moves like a live thing in his hands The story, his story Bloody and sacred, truth and lie, The story, his story

And it tells itself, the pages turn and tell themselves, Backwards and forwards, Backwards and forwards, Backwards and forwards like the tide.

Corrine Byrne Vocalist Hailed for her “inimitable delivery” and versatility, Boston and New York-based soprano Corrine Byrne has quickly become a sought-after interpreter of repertoire from the Medieval to the Baroque era, and music by today’s most daring composers. Byrne’s recent roles include Miranda (The Onion by Eric Sawyer), Loralei (Mallory by Nathaniel Parks), Roya (We the Innumerable by Niloufar Nourbahksh), Filia (Jepthe), Anna (Die Todsünden), Doctor (The Scarlet Professor by Eric Sawyer), Cathy (The Last Five Years), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) and Anima (Ordo Virtutum). Byrne was a young artist with the Boston Early Music Festival and the Lucerne Festival Academy, and has made solo appearances with the American Classical Orchestra, New York Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, REBEL Baroque Ensemble, Symphony New Hampshire, Emmanuel Music, the Lake George Music Festival Orchestra, Mountainside Baroque, One World Symphony, New York Session Symphony, Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansas City Baroque Consortium, the Madison Bach Musicians, Amherst Symphony, West Shore Symphony, Harrisburg Choral Society, Westchester Oratorio Society, Lorelei Ensemble, the Harvard Radcliff Collegium Musicum, and the Connecticut Early Music Festival. Byrne sang alongside the Tallis Scholars with the Carnegie Hall Chamber Chorus, and sings regularly on Emmanuel Music’s Bach Cantata series. Byrne is a co-founder of Ensemble Musica Humana and The Byrne:Kozar:Duo, recently featured on NPR and a nationally broadcast episode of American Public Media’s Performance Today, and whose recording of ‘Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World’ was featured in the New Yorker Magazine’s 2017 Notable Recordings. She is also a core member of ground-breaking vocal ensemble Cut Circle, and of the early music collective Polyphemus. Byrne is a member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donate a percentage of their concert fee to organizations they care about. Byrne supports the Cares Foundation and South Shore Habitat for Humanity through her performances.She is currently serving as a faculty member at the Longy School of Music at Bard College.

Katie Semro Sound Design Katie Semro is a composer, performer, and educator.

In October 2023, she released an experimental electronic EP, Gone, which uses music, spoken word, and field recordings to capture the many emotions that swirl around our intangible losses.

Her audio art performance piece Ebb & Flow, which uses story, sound, music, movement, and audience participation to intertwine the perpetual flow of the natural world with the currents of human emotion, was performed at Nova Arts in Keene, NH in June of 2023.

Later that summer, she won third prize in the 60 Second Radio competition with her piece “Gone: Our Intangible Losses.”

Semro created motion-triggered audioscapes that accompanied the exhibit What We Make of This World at the Fountain Street Gallery in Boston in April 2023. Her audio art installation Trust me, I’m a Doctor was exhibited at Sound Scene Fest 2022 at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. She has produced, edited, sound designed, and scored several audio documentaries. The longest of these was her 75 part Mother Mine series, which was a collection of sound-rich audio snapshots about our mothers and how they’ve shaped us, told by people from 30 countries.

Prior to that, she created 33 episodes of the documentary podcast Transmission Times that recorded ordinary life during the first year of the pandemic through the voices of people from around the world. Her work has appeared on 39 radio stations across the country.

She loves creating and performing with Ableton Live. She is a composer mentor for Music-COMP, and she runs an online group called Women with Live to create positive experiences for women with music technology.

She also makes music for podcasts and video and teaches people how to use Ableton Live. Semro lives in Sharon, NH with her husband and two children.

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Symphony NH Board of Trustees 2023-24 OFFICERS Mary Jordan, President Harold Clark, Vice President Bettejean Neveux, Treasurer Robert Oot, Secretary

TRUSTEES Pam Baker Carol Kreick Robert Blaisdell Donald McDonah Ann N. Conway Jasmine Pandit Joseph Kenny John Rein

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