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By Paul Horsley

If we listen to stories and songs of men, we learn of conflicts and wars, preening pride and costly conquest. If we turn our ear to women’s songs, we are more likely to hear common, and often more constructive, themes emerging: family, nurturing, and the “cycle of life” including love, marriage, childbirth, death. In its upcoming program Morena, the Victoria Botero Ensemble bravely takes on three sets of songs, some dating back more than a millennium, traditionally sung by women in Muslim, Sephardic and Armenian cultures.

And at a time when the balance of world power seems to tilt on the allegedly contrary values of Muslim, Jewish and Christian faiths, these songs shine light on commonalities. One begins to wonder if there’s any problem today that couldn’t be fixed by listening more frequently to what women are thinking, feeling and singing!

“What are the songs that women sing in patriarchal cultures?” soprano Victoria Botero asked herself in putting together this program, which takes place July 22nd at The 1900 Building. “What do they sing about, and

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The following is an excerpt from an interview with Fanfare Magazine‘s James Altena and members of the Bach Aria Soloists. The full interview is available for subscribers online and will be in the May/June 2023 Issue of the Magazine:

There sometimes remains in certain circles a lingering impression that top-notch and noteworthy classical performers and events in the USA work and occur only on the two coasts and in Chicago, with all others having second- or third-tier. One enterprising ensemble that refutes any such supposition is Bach Aria Soloists (BAS), a female quartet based in Kansas City, MO, that devotes itself to enterprising programs rooted in Bach and his contemporaries but extending to the present and embracing multi-genre presentations and educational outreach programs. In conjunction with the release of the ensemble’s premiere recital CD, Le Dolce Sirene, I interviewed the group’s founder, executive artistic director, and violinist, Elizabeth Suh Lane, along with ensemble members Hannah Collins and Elisa Williams Bickers.

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Ingrid Stölzel (b.1971) has been hailed “as a composer of considerable gifts” who is “musically confident and bold” by National Public Radio’s classical music critic. Her music has been described as “tender and beautiful” (American Record Guide) and as creating a “haunting feeling of lyrical reflection and suspension in time and memory” (Classical-Modern Review). At the heart of her compositions is a belief that music can create a profound emotional connection with the listener.

Stölzel’s compositions are performed in concert halls and festivals worldwide, including the Seoul Arts Center, Kennedy Center, the Thailand International Composition Festival, Festival Osmose (Belgium), Vox Feminae Festival (Israel), Festival of New Music at Florida State (USA), Beijing Modern Music Festival (China), Festival of New American Music (USA), and SoundOn Festival of Modern Music (USA). Her music has been awarded and recognized in numerous competitions, among them the Red Note Composition Competition, the Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers, and the Ortus Internationa