Partnership events offer the unique opportunity for our students to work with outside organizations, allowing them to work with professionals in the industry and learn from their expertise. 

Sixth multimedia collaboration of the Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) and SFCM Department of Technology and Applied Composition (TAC), and the culmination of the E4TT’s two-year exploration of women's immigration and identity, with four World Premieres and two additional works. Performed by Ensemble for These Times cellist Megan Chartier and pianist Margaret Halbig, joined by percussionist Haruka Fujii, violinist Lylia Guion, soprano Bryana Marrero, flutist Stacey Pelinka, and composer-performer and media artist Pamela Z.

Program

Pre-concert talk at 7 PM with Haruka Fujii, Vivian Fung, Stephanie M. Neumann, and Pamela Z.

Pamela Z: From (World Premiere)
Lylia Guion*, violin
Megan Chartier*, cello
Haruka Fujii**, percussion
Pamela Z*, composer-performer and media artist

Sofia Jen Ouyang: Liminality (2021)
Megan Chartier*, cello
Visuals by Stephanie M. Neumann*

Juhi Bansal: Fields of Sorrow (World Premiere)
A setting of landay (women's poetry from Afghanistan)
     I. When
     II. The Wind Blows
     III. Fields of Sorrow
Bryana Marrero*, soprano
Megan Chartier*, cello
Margaret Halbig**, piano
Visuals by Stephanie M. Neumann*

Leilehua Lanzilotti: say it in your heart, say it when you sleep (2023) (SF Premiere)
Margaret Halbig**, piano
Visuals by Stephanie M. Neumann*

Vivian Fung: Rustling (World Premiere)
Stacey Pelinka*, bass flute
Haruka Fujii**, percussion
Visuals by Stephanie M. Neumann*

Jaime Morales: Jupiter Rain 
(E4TT/SFCM TAC Student Multimedia Composition Competition Winner)
Megan Chartier*, cello
Visuals by Jaime Morales

*Guest Artist
**SFCM Faculty Artist

Artist Profile

Ensemble for These Times

Winner of The American Prize for Chamber Music Performance in 2021, contemporary chamber music group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) consists of award-winning soprano, Artistic Executive Director and co-founder Nanette McGuinness, cellist and season graphic designer Megan Chartier, pianist Margaret Halbig, and composer, co-founder, and Senior Artistic Advisor David Garner, plus regular guest musicians. Women artists are an ongoing focus.