For additional artistic context, watch the pre-concert talk hosted by Brian Zeger, Artistic Director of the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts. View the pre-concert talk here: https://www.juilliard.live/videos/pride-songbook-pre-concert-talk

This performance of the Juilliard Pride Songbook celebrates the school’s LGBTQIA+ community of the present and past by featuring the creative work of our living and legendary LGBTQIA+ composers. Seven alums were commissioned to write pieces specifically for this concert, which are performed alongside existing works by composers from Juilliard’s extraordinary musical legacy.

JOSEPH N. RUBINSTEIN 
uncoil*
Theo Hayes, Mezzo-Soprano 
Jinhee Park, Piano 

THOMAS PASATIERI 
From Three Poems by James Agee
How Many Little Children Sleep 
Colin Aikins, Tenor 
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano 

DAVID DEL TREDICI 
She Weeps Over Rahoon
Shavon Lloyd, Baritone 
Michał Skowronek, Piano 

DAVID DIAMOND 
Billy in the Darbies 
Felix Zender, Countertenor 
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano 

ANNE QIAN WANG 
[BLANK] Slate* 
Samuel Rosner, Tenor 
Michał Skowronek, Piano 

NED ROREM 
Love 
Felix Zender, Countertenor 
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano 

AMELIA BREY 
Sea Poppies* 
Colin Aikins, Tenor 
Saul Ibarra Ramos, Piano

LOWELL LIEBERMANN 
A Variation on “To Say to Go to Sleep," Op. 22, No. 3 
Saniyyah Bamberg, Soprano 
Jinhee Park, Piano 

JOHN CORIGLIANO 
Irreverent Heart 
Samuel Rosner, Tenor 
Michał Skowronek, Piano 

LAURA KARPMAN 
Anticipation* 
Saniyyah Bamberg, Soprano
Jinhee Park, Piano 

NORA KROLL-ROSENBAUM 
Mise en Scène*  
Theo Hayes, Mezzo-Soprano 
Jinhee Park, Piano 

MATTHEW AUCOIN 
Are we [extinct yet]* 
Shavon Lloyd, Baritone 
Michał Skowronek, Piano 

MATTHEW LIU 
The Optimist*
Matthew Liu, Tenor 
Michał Skowronek, Piano 

*Juilliard commission 

Music Preparation by John Arida and Reed Woodhouse

Performed and recorded on May 9, 2024 at Paul Hall