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Phenomenal Women from Clara to Clarice
December 10, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Lara Downes presents 200 Years of Women in Music
with special guest Alicia Hall Moran
December 10th, 2019 @ 7.30 pm
KOGOD CRADLE AT ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
WASHINGTON, D.C.
After spending two weeks at #1 on the classical billboard charts following the release in September, Lara Downes performs selections from her groundbreaking album, Holes in the Sky, with special guest and singer Alicia Hall Moran, and conversations with Brazilian composer Clarice Assad. This performance will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann and will weave the audience through history, from classical voices to Jazz. The concert will also feature works by Florence Price, Lil Hardin Armstong, Billie Holliday, Lili Boulanger, Margaret Bonds, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Clarice Assad and other living women composers.
We encourage you to join us for a pre-concert discussion at 6:15 pm with
Lara Downes, Alicia Hall Moran, and composer Clarice Assad.