Season Six: Alliance
Inversion is elated to welcome audiences back for in-person concerts during its sixth Artistic Season, Alliance. In the spirit of being together again, this season focuses on collaboration. Each of our projects features a guest musical artist such as local keyboard legend Austin Haller, flute and harp duo Chaski, and multi-string quartet Invoke. We're also thrilled to collaborate with acclaimed film director and comic book writer Greg Pak (World War Hulk, Action Comics, Star Wars) this spring! Season Six featured 28 world premiere performances.
Through the Prism
October 16 and 17, 2021
Austin, Texas
Inversion Ensemble presented Through the Prism, an exploration of unity, division, and social justice. The concert features young local singer-songwriter Ellie Kim as guest artist. The program included compositions by Graham Yates, one of the winners of our 2021 Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Emerging Composer Contest. Fascinating works by in-house and hand-picked contemporary composers round out the concert.
World premieres:
94. Lovely Lights by Evan Blaché
95. “Camryn” and “Brendan” from Most Importantly, Loves by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
96. light:hope by Carol Brown
97. Perspectives by Rain Nox
98. and the light by Robbie LaBanca
99. Drinking Alone under the Moon by Graham Yates
100. O sweet spontaneous by Trevor F. Shaw (ASCAP)
View the program here.
Menagerie
INVERSION CODA presented MENAGERIE
Sunday November 14, 2021 at 3 PM
Coda, Inversion’s 55+ ensemble, presented Menagerie with music about all manner of animals. The concert featured guest artist Austin Haller on the historic Holbrook organ and Cathie Parsley on the piano playing world premieres by Suzette Emberton, Marjorie Halloran, Adrienne Inglis, and Robbie LaBanca. Visit our Menagerie of penguins, cats, toads, cranes, newts, swans, owls, and, of course, tardigrades.
Hosted by Arts on Alexander on the campus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2111 Alexander Ave, Austin, Texas 78722
World premieres:
101. Fancy Dress by Marjorie Halloran (ASCAP)
102. For the Toad by the Kitchen Step by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
103. The Cat by Suzette Emberton
104. Musica de tinea by Robbie LaBanca
View the concert program here.
Austin Woman’s Club
Inversion Da Capo
November 16, 2021
Member of Inversion Da Capo performed a short concert of works by Marjorie Halloran, Dana Lyn, and Tim Takach for the Austin Woman’s Club, Austin, Texas.
KRONOS QUARTET
with INVERSION ENSEMBLE
November 19 - 20, 2021 I McCullough Theatre, 2390 Robert Dedman Dr.
At War With Ourselves - 400 Years of You (World Premiere)
Music by Michael Abel | Text by Nikky Finney
Conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Part of Texas Performing Arts' 40th Anniversary Season
View the program here.
World premieres:
105. At War With Ourselves by Michael Abel and Nikki Finney
KOOP Radio & Jungle Records Day Party
March 13, 2022 about 5:30 PM
903 E. 14th Street Austin, Texas
Inversion collaborates with Nathan Felix for a performance of his chamber work, Ocalan, at the unofficial SXSW showcase KOOP Radio & Jungle Records Day Party on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at about 5:30 pm. The showcase features experimental classical, choral, jazz, sound and more.
Ocalan by Nathan Felix
Love's Philosophy by Trevor F. Shaw
Here Before the Sunrise Blue by Robbie LaBanca
Eternal Graffiti
April 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM | KMFA Studios 41 Navasota St, Austin, TX 78702
Award-winning Filipino soprano Katrina Saporsantos and pianist Benjie Dia perform a concert of new works by local composers at Inversion’s first ever vocal recital. Presented in partnership with Classical KMFA 89.5 in the Draylen Mason Music Studio, this intimate event features powerful music paired with the poetry of local writers to create boundary-pushing contemporary vocal music.
View the concert program here.
World premieres:
106. She Walks in Beauty by Suzette Emberton
107. Invocation by Andrew Grainger
108. I Dream a World by Andrew Grainger
109. Fog Horns by Robbie LaBanca
110. Excerpt from a conversation with my father. by Robbie LaBanca
111. Goodnight Soliloquy by Trevor Villwock
112. I am worth nothing by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
113. Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard by Steven Sérpa
KMFA presents Inversion and Nathan Felix
May 15, 2022 at 4:00 PM
KMFA’s Draylen Mason Music Studio
41 Navasota St. Austin, TX 78702
KMFA Classical 89.5 welcomes Nathan Felix's Symphony No. 3 "Santa-Almada" to our Offbeat Series. KMFA is pleased to partner with Nathan Felix in bringing this performance to life. The work will be performed by the Austin-based choral ensemble, Inversion, led by artistic director Trevor Shaw. Click here for information and tickets.
World premiere:
114. Symphony No. 3 "Santa-Almada" by Nathan Felix
Fire and Ice
INVERSION DA CAPO
May 21 and 22, 2022 | Hosted by Arts on Alexander on the campus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Inversion's treble chorus explores the passions and seasons of life on January 15 and 16, 2022. In collaboration with flute and harp duo Chaski, Da Capo delves into the partnerships between love and loss, chaos and order, and darkness and light. Featuring works by Ola Gjeilo and R. Murray Shafer; in-house composers; and Cole Reyes, the winner of the Inversion Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Emerging Composer Contest Under 35 Division. Purchase digital access to the concert video here.
View the concert program here.
World premieres:
115. east wind melts the ice by Anuj Bhutani (in-person premiere)
116. Revenge by Trevor F. Shaw (ASCAP)
117. Fire Weather by Cole Reyes
118. Mother of All Things by Adrienne Inglis (ASCAP)
119. un ciel jeune (a young sky) by Joshua Chai
Eternal Graffiti
June 2, 2022 at 12 noon | Central Presbyterian Church Thursday Noon Concerts
Austin, Texas
I Belong to You
INVERSION ENSEMBLE presents
June 25, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Bates Recital Hall at UT Austin
Multimedia oratorio with text by comic book writer Greg Pak centered on belonging, coming home, and Texas with guest artists Invoke (multi-string quartet)
View the concert program here.
World premieres:
120. Our First April by Marjorie Halloran
121. I Belong to You/ Motherland by Adrienne Inglis, Robbie LaBanca, and Trevor Shaw with text by Greg Pak
If you missed this spectacular concert, you may purchase access to the video here. It will now be released in late October.