Mending Wall

We’re sorry to inform you that performances of Mending Wall at Bryn Mawr College (March 21-22) and Roulette (March 23) have been postponed until next season in an effort reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Read our announcement: https://mailchi.mp/prismquartet/mending-wall-postponed or visit the MENDING WALL website for more details. 

WORLD PREMIERE

Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom. Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Arturo O’Farrill join the PRISM Quartet in world premiere performances of works by four visionary composers—Martin Bresnick, George E. Lewis, Juri Seo, and O’Farrill—who take inspiration from poetry by Robert Frost, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Waly Salomão, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Directed by Jorinde Keesmaat with lighting design by Aaron Copp.

Admission to Mending Wall performances at Bryn Mawr College is free for students, staff, and faculty of the Tri-College Consortium (Tri-Co), a collaboration of Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College. Tri-Co students may reserve tickets through the Bryn Mawr College Arts Office: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Goodhart 200, 610-526-5300, reservations@brynmawr.edu, or by filling out this Ticketing Request Form.

Tony Arnold

Arturo O’Farrill

George E. Lewis

Juri Seo

Martin Bresnick

Jorinde Keesmaat

Aaron Copp

March 21, 8 PM
March 22, 3 PM
Co-Presented by Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series and PRISM Quartet, Inc.
Bryn Mawr College
Goodhart Hall, McPherson Auditorium
150 N. Merion Ave. | Bryn Mawr, PA

March 23 , 8 PM
Co-Presented by Roulette and PRISM Quartet, Inc.
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave. | Brooklyn, NY 11217

Media Partner: WWFM
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Acknowledgements
Major support for Mending Wall, including composer commissions, has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from The Presser Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Music USA, and Conn-Selmer, Inc.

The Bryn Mawr performances are made possible with additional support from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

The New York performance is made possible with additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

George E. Lewis’ commission has been made possible with principal support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew V. Mellon Foundation.

Martin Bresnick’s commission has been made possible with principal support from a consortium of ensembles including the PRISM Quartet, Assembly Quartet, Barkada Quartet, Capitol Quartet, Coalescent Quartet, Donald Sinta Quartet, East End Quartet, Fuego Quartet, H2 Quartet, Hartt Saxophone Quartet for The Hartt School Centennial Celebration, Hinotori Quartet, Iridium Quartet, Kenari Quartet, Mirasol Quartet, New Thread Quartet, Pharos Quartet, Project Fusion, Quartetto Obrigado, Red Clay Quartet, and Zzyzx Quartet.

PRISM is a member of New Music USA’s New Music Impact Fund, made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund. Visit PRISM’s New Music USA profile.