9 UNDER 34: Composers Younger than NYFOS by Various, -tól (2021/2021), Kaufman Music Center, New York City, United States

A fascinating compendium of songs by brilliant composers born after NYFOS’s first program in 1988. Co-curated by baritone Gregory Feldmann, and performed by Feldmann, mezzo-soprano and 2021 Naumberg Award winner Erin Wagner, together with pianists Nathaniel LaNasa, Shawn Chang, and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier, cellist Thapelo Masita, and guitarist Rupert Boyd. Featured composers include Jake Landau, Sato Matsui, Shawn Chang, Iván Enrique Rodríguez, David Clay Mettens, Emily Cooley, Tariq al-Sabir (pictured above), Curtis Stewart, and Molly Joyce. Co-curator Feldmann says about the 9 UNDER 34 program, “In building this program, I aimed to present composers from a wide array of backgrounds and demographics writing songs about what mattered to them. Several themes began to emerge that, while not unique to our generation, are core conversations of our times: identity, the shifting social and environmental landscape, and our ability to communicate and connect within these new landscapes.” A limited number of $10 student tickets are available here.