Clarinetist

The Baltimore-based ensemble Mind on Fire, co-founded by artistic director Allison Clendaniel (BM ’14, Voice) and executive director James David Young (DMA ’14, Composition), presents the world premiere of and, we, each—the new opera by composer and faculty artist Michael Hersch (BM ’95, MM ’97, Composition) with a libretto by poet Shane McCrae—September 28 and 29 at the Baltimore Theatre Project. The opera stars soprano and faculty artist Ah Young Hong (BM ’98, MM ’01, Voice)  and baritone Jesse Blumberg, is directed by James Matthew Daniel, and conductor Tito Muñoz leads an ensemble of Emi Ferguson (flute), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Andy Hudson (clarinet), Adda Kridler (violin), Leah Asher (viola), Coleman Itzkoff (cello). Mind on Fire also presents and, we, each at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center October 13 and National Sawdust in Brooklyn February 6, 2025.

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Alumni And Faculty Event: And, We, Each

Baltimore Theatre Project

From the piano, Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon leads a small ensemble in Requiem for the Enslaved. The program invokes African American spirituals and the form of a Catholic liturgical mass to tell the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to pay the debts of Georgetown University, where the composer serves as assistant professor of music.

Requiem for the Enslaved

Kennedy Center

Hub New Music, a “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR), has built a national reputation for commissioning and performing fresh, dazzling, and ambitious contemporary works. Hear the Grammy-nominated group in their hometown for an exciting collaborative program that features an exciting spoken word and electronics collaboration, the world premiere of a work by Marcos Balter, and more.

Hub New Music

Multicultural Arts Center

This chamber music arrangement—specially written for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018 in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returns for a one-night-only engagement this holiday season at a different New York City landmark.

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Michael Avitabile (flutes), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinets), Magnolia Rohrer (violin/viola), and Jesse Christeson (cello) are the members of Hub New Music. Currently based in Detroit, the ensemble’s name is inspired by its founding city of Boston’s reputation as a hub of innovation. Hub New Music will perform works by the following composers: Tyshawn Sorey, Donnacha Dennehy, Angelica Negron, Charles Peck, Amy Williams, and Mathew Rosenblum.

Gleb Kanasevich

Clarinetist

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 25, 2025

Hub New Music · University of Pittsburgh Department of Music

Past events

Sep 28, 2024

Alumni And Faculty Event: And, We, Each · Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Mar 14, 2024

Requiem for the Enslaved · Kennedy Center

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