Baltimore’s Evolution Contemporary Music Series “approaches its fifteenth season, launching October 15, with a concert featuring the music of Tariq Al-Sabir,” writes Elizabeth Nonemaker in Monday’s (10/7) Baltimore Sun. “Judah Adashi founded the Evolution Contemporary Music Series in 2005 [as] evenings exclusively devoted to the work of one composer…. He recalled a 2013 show featuring John Luther Adams … as a ‘turning point.’ … Some of the biggest names in new music have [performed in the series] … Caroline Shaw and Julia Wolfe; New Yorker music critic Alex Ross … Jessie Montgomery and Missy Mazzoli. Their presence … has helped Evolution satisfy another mission: to make Baltimore a ‘destination’ for contemporary music…. The artistic scene around it has changed dramatically. Evolution is no longer one of the only initiatives in the city devoted to truly modern classical music. There are a lot of them: Symphony Number One, the Peabody Modern Orchestra and the collective Mind on Fire are just a few…. An evening of [Al-Sabir’s] music will kick off Evolution Contemporary Music Series’ fifteenth season…. The program features selections from Al-Sabir’s song cycle ‘#UNWANTED’ … and other funk-inspired songs.”
Posted October 9, 2019
