MUSIQA
October 16, 2010
“ She Told Me This. . .”
7:30pm at the Hobby Center for the Performing Art, Zilkha Hall
800 Bagby, Houston TX 77002
New horizons are explored in our season opener, which features the world premiere of Stewart Wallace’s She Told Me This…, with a libretto by Amy Tan, plus works inspired by nano technology by Todd Frazier and Anthony Brandt, Lei Liang’s Gobi Gloria and a new ballet created by Dance of Asia America to music of Lou Harrison. Conducted by San Francisco Assistant Conductor Sara Jobin, with guest mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao. Co-sponsored by the Asia Society and the Smalley Institute.
7:00 p.m. Pre-concert screening of a ten-minute film about Stewart Wallace and Amy Tan’s collaboration, from the upcoming PBS documentary.
