Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Mon, May 25 2026 7:30 PM

Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez St, San Francisco, CA

Is That Your Final Answer?

The final concert of Earplay's 41st season features a world premiere by Trevor Weston.

https://www.earplay.org/event-details/is-that-your-final-answer

Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm


Program

Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (1908) – arr. Bruce Bennett (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and synthesizer.

Aida Shirazi: "answer" to The Unanswered Question, title TBA (2026), for flute, clarinet, and viola. World premiere and Earplay commission.

Trevor Weston: New work, title and instrumentation TBA. World premiere and Fromm Foundation commission.

Edmund Song: FlareStruck (2025), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano. Winner of Earplay's 2025 Vibrant Shores Composers Competition.

Elliott Carter: String Trio (2011), for violin, viola, and cello. Funded in part by The Amphion Foundation, Inc.

Anthony Brandt: Four Score (2013), for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.


Performers

Terrie Baune, violin

Tod Brody, flutes

Mary Chun, conductor

Elizabeth Dorman, piano

Peter Josheff, clarinets

Thalia Moore, cello

Ellen Ruth Rose, viola