DATE
October 21, 2022, 7:30pm

LOCATION
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ
201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

San Francisco Girls Chorus Premiere Ensemble
Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director & Conductor

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
Shawnette Sulker, soprano
Emil Miland, cello
Jerome Lenk, piano

PROGRAM
Candace Forest: Kamala’s Hope
Katerina Gimon: Fire (from Elements)
Ursula Kwong-Brown: I See You I Hear You I Believe You (world premiere)
Angelica Negron: Cosecha (SFGC commission)
Amy X Neuburg: Before I Forget (SFGC commission)
Pamela Z: Pen Pal (SFGC commission)

ABOUT
Led by Artistic Director and Conductor Valérie Sainte-Agathe, the San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble, recognized as one of the world’s leading youth vocal ensembles, presents a diverse program of choral works highlighting their commitment to music of today and women composers.

 The GRAMMY award winning ensemble presents the choral premiere of Kamala’s Hope by San Francisco-based composer Candace Forest. Soprano Shawnette Sulker, cellist Emil Miland, and organist Jerome Lenk perform alongside for this work based on two Vice-Presidential acceptance speeches given by then Senator Kamala Harris in August 2020. The program also includes the world premiere of I See You, I Hear You, I Believe You by American composer Ursula Kwong-Brown, written in the wake of the #MeToo movement, as well as three SFGC commissions by Angélica Negrón, Amy X Neuburg, and Pamela Z.