Autumn Spectre

An ethereal eve of contemporary art song in English, piano pieces & harp works; with sitar music and butoh inspired dance; original soliloquies weave through music, multimedia & shadow play. Music of Dominick Argento, Benjamin Britten, Jake Heggie, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ned Rorem, Lee Hoiby, Samuel Barber, and more.

Misha Penton, soprano, concept, director; with singers: Alison Greene, Michael Walsh, Lisa Borik. Dancer, Toni Valle. Piano, Stephen W. Jones. Aaron Hermes, sitar. Joanna Whitsett, harp. Lighting & Media by Megan M. Reilly.

October 2, 2009, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas