Join us for Bridge to the Future - Our 20th Anniversary Concert
Bridge to the Future will be a celebration of our history since our founding in 2003, and a look towards our next chapter as we continue to honor our mission to champion new choral works and make new music accessible.
We are thrilled to present the world premiere of “ANTRHOPO-SCENES,” our new commission from Rex Isenberg, which journeys through this climate era — present, past, and future — reflecting on where we are now, where we've been, and where we might be going. Written for choir and piano quintet, the four-movement work weaves together poignant testimony submitted by IOCSF singers, as well as academic, philosophic, and religious texts.
We'll be pairing Isenberg’s piece with Caroline Shaw's moving work "To the Hands," a treatise on refugee crises around the world. This six-movement work for choir and strings is a response to Ad manus from Dieterich Buxtehude’s 17th century masterpiece, Membra Jesu Nostri. Incorporating portions of Buxtehude’s original text, a riff on Emma Lazarus’ sonnet “The New Colossus” — made famous for its engraving at the base of the Statue of Liberty — data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, and more, it offers a reflection on the suffering of those around the world seeking refuge, and of our role and responsibility in these global and local crises.
The program features local chamber music group, the Cable Car String Quartet, bassist Joe Belson, and collaborative pianist Fred Cummins. We are honored to share this program dedicated to such timely and important themes, and hope you will join us for this one-night-only performance in San Francisco!
IOCSF is committed to providing our community with free access to all our regular season concerts. If you are able to support us financially, we are now offering paid general admission and VIP tickets as well. These tickets help us cover the costs of mounting our productions, including commissioning new works and to support our ongoing operational costs. Either way, we encourage you to register your attendance through one of the options below so we can plan accordingly.
