Goldbeater's Skin
Monday, January 19, 2026 at 7:30pm
First Congregational Church
Shimmer, strike, and sing—enSRQ’s January program explores sound in its most elemental and tactile forms. Nina C. Young’s Sun Propeller spins solo violin lines through a prism of live electronics. Claude Vivier’s Learning fuses four violins, percussion, and tape into a mysterious sonic ritual. Devonté Hynes’s Perfectly Voiceless transforms synthesized sound into a striking live percussion interlude, bridging electronic texture and physical performance. Closing the night, Chris Cerrone’s Goldbeater’s Skin—for percussion quartet and mezzo-soprano Thea Lobo—alternates luminous melodic development with glittering rhythmic outbursts.
Program

Claude Vivier
Canadian1948–1983
Learning
Year: 1976Duration: 20'
Samantha Bennett,violin
Leah Latorraca,violin
Vivek Jayaraman,violin
George Nickson,percussion

Devonté Hynes
Britishb. 1985
Perfectly Voiceless
Year: 2019Duration: 11'
George Nickson,percussion
Marcelina Suchocka,percussion
Mike Truesdell,percussion
Jordan Holley,percussion

Nina C. Young
Americanb. 1984
Sun Propeller
Year: 2012Duration: 10'
Samantha Bennett,violin

Christopher Cerrone
Americanb. 1984
Goldbeater's Skin
Year: 2016Duration: 21'
George Nickson,percussion
Mike Truesdell,percussion
Marcelina Suchocka,percussion
Jordan Holley,percussion
Thea Lobo,mezzo-soprano-voice