Music for New Bodies
Friday, May 22, 2026 at 7:30pm
Sarasota Opera House
Music for New Bodies is a co-presentation by


Matt Aucoin’s Music for New Bodies, created in collaboration with acclaimed director Peter Sellars, is a bold operatic meditation on our shifting place in the natural world. Fusing poetic texts from Jorie Graham with visceral soundscapes, Aucoin crafts a work that is at once urgent and transcendent, while Sellars’ visionary staging brings the music into striking visual focus. Together, they invite us to imagine new forms of life, connection, and transformation.
Program

Matthew Aucoin
Americanb. 1990
Music for New Bodies
Year: 2024Duration: 90'
George Nickson,conductor
Song Hee Lee,voice
Meryl Dominguez,voice
Daniel McGrew,voice
Betsy Hudson Traba,flute
Calvin Falwell,clarinet
Fernando Traba,bassoon
Marcelina Suchocka,percussion
Jose Uzcategui,percussion
Mike Truesdell,percussion
Phoebe Powell,harp
Wesley Ducote,keyboard
Samantha Bennett,violin
Daniel Jordan,violin
Abe Feder,cello
Natalie Helm,cello