Two free performances on September 21st at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm

Examining musical interpretations of democracy and the democratic process, “Variations on Democracy” is a free chamber concert of ideas for MAFB’s smaller groups with works by Louis Andriessen, Jennifer Jolley, Jorge Sosa Ortega, Carol Erion, Ethel Smyth, and more plus a world premiere by MAFB artistic director Lee Hartman. Grammy-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson joins as vocal soloist. A preconcert panel discussion of political scientists and artists takes place an hour before each performance.

Season and individual tickets go on sale August 1, 2024, at www.freedomband.com. Individual Tickets are $20; season tickets are $50. Discounts are available on individual tickets for students with ID, educators, seniors, and first responders. Children under 12 are admitted free. Season ticket holders will have reserved seats for “Variations on Democracy.”

Program Subject to Change

Louis Andriessen: Workers Union

Spencer Arias: Freedom as the Waves

Carol Erion: Humming and Whooping

Lee Hartman: Variations on Democracy (commission and premiere)

Jennifer Jolley: MARCH!

Jorge Sosa Ortega: I Dissent, Movement III

John Dante Prevedini: In the Balance

Ethel Smyth: March of the Women