Join us as we celebrate the rebirth and growth of spring and leave behind the harshness of winter in our spring concert, “Awakening.” We begin with some intense groove and crunch via Guillaume Connesson’s Techno-Parade followed by Viet Cuong’s Lacquer and Grit. From there we share a brand new arrangement of devon osamu tipp’s study of a bull 1991, inspired by Francis Bacon’s painting of the same name. With this sonic contemplation of dust, we are invited to acknowledge the heaviness of whatever weight we may be bearing this year. From here, we enter a gentler place with Angélica Negrón’s La Isla Mágica, a lovely piece for solo bass and electronics that explores the composer’s relationship to two islands dear to her: Bali and Puerto Rico. Finally, we leave you with the peaceful sonorities of Patrick Burke’s Awake and together move to a position of hopeful imagining for the future.