Pesky Artist: Holly Roadfeldt

Few musicians balance the new opposite the old quite like American pianist Holly Roadfeldt. In this multimedia event, Holly Roadfeldt will be joined by composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, poet Jessica Suchon, and dancer/choreographer Megan Flynn as she performs works by Stephanie Ann Boyd, Philip Glass, and Joan Tower.

Foreground, Background, Foreground
Holly Roadfeldt, pianist

Poem by Jessica Suchon

Impromptu in E Major (1844) Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Romanze in A Minor (1853)
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 #2 (1893) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Travelogue (Working Title) Tonia Ko (b. 1988)
for piano and electronics * + (2025)

Preludes 22, 23, 25, 26 * (2015) Kirk O’Riordan (b. 1968)
Preludes 11, 13, 16, 18 (1839) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Intermission

Etudes (1994) Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Performed with dancers Hanna Albin, Megan Flynn, Nadia Ureña
Choreography by Megan Flynn

Daffodil (with poetry by Jessica Suchon) * (2020) Stephanie Ann Boyd (b. 1990)
Dahlia (with poetry by Jessica Suchon) * + (2025)

Vers la flamme (1914) Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Etude Op. 39 #9 (1917) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

* Composed for Holly Roadfeldt
+ World Premiere made possible with a gift from Alan and Wendy Pesky

The Alan D. ’56 and Wendy Pesky Artist in Residence Performance