House on Fire, a trio consisting of Andrew Anderson, Wells Leng, and Richard An, was formed around their common interest in new music and is centered around their shared focus as pianists. When performing or commissioning repertoire for three pianists, we frequently encounter the matter of homogeneity: How do you write for three people who ostensibly do the same thing? The pieces on this program each contend with the "three pianist" conundrum in different ways. Some put the performers on keyboards of distinct timbres to encourage a multiplicity of sounds. Others play into the "sameness" and employ the implicit uniformity of the keyboard to create a selfsame texture.

In “The Rilke Project,” pianist Vicki Ray recites poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke which has deeply influenced her work over the years. The poems will be paired with new and recent repertoire for piano, piano and voice, piano and percussion and piano and electronics. World premieres by David Rhodes, Steuart Liebig and Joseph Pereira will be performed as well as repertoire by Peter Eötvös, Charles Ives, Katherine Balch and others. The evening features special guests Elissa Johnston and Joseph Pereira.

Reprising his theme from last season’s timely and impactful program, Andrés Jaramillo continues a musical meditation into the spirit of the immigrant experience. Where last year’s concert focused on the emotional, or interior life of the individual, this program centers on the celebration of the multicultural experience. Jaramillo specializes in the music of living composers in Latin America, and in particular his native Colombia. “A Journey of Immigrants, Part II” will feature Héctor Pinzón-Arroyo’s “Concierto para Piano, Saxo, Percusion, y Cuerdas” in a tour de force piano reduction, plus more new works.

Dada and experimental puppetry come together with the complete piano four-hands works of Erik Satie interspersed with new compositions by seven American composers. A musical concert and trip into the absurd make up this unique performance that will journey from the profoundly poetic to the comically bizarre. Master puppeteer David Gordezky and his compatriots are side by side with the artists of Piano Spheres, featuring premieres of "30 for 30" Piano Spheres commissions by TJ Cole, Mikhail Johnson, Jihyun Kim, Veronika Krausas, Celka Ojakangas, Nate Schram, and Dale Trumbore.

Dada and experimental puppetry come together with the complete piano four-hands works of Erik Satie interspersed with new compositions by seven American composers. A musical concert and trip into the absurd make up this unique performance that will journey from the profoundly poetic to the comically bizarre. Master puppeteer David Gordezky and his compatriots are side by side with the artists of Piano Spheres, featuring premieres of "30 for 30" Piano Spheres commissions by TJ Cole, Mikhail Johnson, Jihyun Kim, Veronika Krausas, Celka Ojakangas, Nate Schram, and Dale Trumbore.