Generations XIII - New Music for Mezzo Soprano and Guitar Performed by Bowers-Fader Duo

Composers Concordance
Generations XIII

New Music for Mezzo Soprano and Guitar
Performed by Bowers-Fader Duo

Featuring the Winners of the
Generations XIII Composition Competition:
Tianyi Zhao and Paul Salerni

Composers: Natasha Bogojevich, Victoria Bond, Dan Cooper, Shanan Estreicher, Mark Kostabi, Eugene W. McBride, Gene Pritsker, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Roger Tréfousse

Performers: Bowers-Fader Duo: Jessica Bowers - mezzo soprano Oren Fader - guitar

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - George Orwell

For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On December 16th at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Generations XIII, the 13th-annual concert featuring the winners of the Generations Composition Competition, with categories for composers 25 or younger, as well as composers 65 or older. This year's winners are Tianyi Zhao (Category A) for his composition Wen ge qi wu, and Paul Salerni (Category B) for his composition Repentance.

The winning works will be performed by Bowers-Fader Duo: Jessica Bowers - mezzo soprano, and Oren Fader - guitar, on a wide-ranging program including compositions by Natasha Bogojevich, Victoria Bond, Dan Cooper, Shanan Estreicher, Mark Kostabi, Eugene W. McBride, Gene Pritsker, Faye-Ellen Silverman, and Roger Tréfousse.

Of the Bowers Fader Duo, The American Record guide has stated 'The deep oak of Jessica Bowers' lower range and the lush honey of her higher range mix well with the steady and sensitive guitar playing of Oren Fader.' In Opera News, "Mezzo-soprano Jessica Bowers and guitarist Oren Fader are to be commended just for helping to expand the art-song catalogue...reminding listeners of the genre’s innate power as a vehicle for storytelling.“

Generations XIII will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.