LAMENTATION TO LIBERATION. JONATHAN WOODY AND REGINALD MOBLEY, WITH YULIA VAN DOREN, AARON SHEEHAN, AND OTHER GUESTS

This program includes solos, duets, and ensembles from the 17th-century Italian repertoire, and will feature Nigra Sum Sed Formosa: A Fantasia on Microaggressions. Composed by bass baritone Jonathan Woody with text compiled by countertenor Reggie Mobley, this new work combines a contemporary topic with the aesthetics of a renaissance motet. Performers include Woody and Mobley, along with sopranos Yulia van Doren and Michele Kennedy, tenor Aaron Sheehan, organist Dongsok Shin, and viola da gambist Patricia Neely.