Reignited
Inversion’s seventh season
Season seven, entitled Reignited, brought even more energy and excitement to audiences with unforgettable collaborations, several sold out performances, merchandise sales, and new faces in Inversion’s artist roster and administrative family. Season Seven featured 31 world premiere performances, more than ever!
Raise a Glass
Inversion’s 50-and-better ensemble Coda opens Inversion’s seventh season “Reignited” with a SOLD OUT concert of reimagined drinking songs entitled “Raise a Glass” on August 5.
Saengerrunde Hall
1607 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
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World premieres:
122. Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink — arranged by Trevor Shaw
123. Señora chichera — arranged by Adrienne Inglis
124. Oak & Ash & Thorn — arranged by Robbie LaBanca
125. 99 Bottles of Beer — arranged by Evan Blaché
126. The Wild Rover — arranged by Carol Brown
127. The Parting Glass — arranged by Suzette Emberton
128. Drowsy Malone — arranged by Marjorie Halloran
Electric Choir
Saturday October 22, 2022 at 2 PM
KMFA Classical 89.5 Draylen Mason Studio
41 Navasota St, Austin, TX 78702
Electric Choir features a “plugged-in” edition of Inversion. This genre-bending concert alternates between new a cappella works and choral works accompanied by electronic tracks and electric instruments. Highlights includes the world premiere of a brand new piece from 2022 KMFA Draylen Mason Composer-in-Residence, Quinn Mason, as well as Shahar Regev, the winner of the Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Composition Competition (35 and under division). In-house composers Adrienne Inglis, Robbie LaBanca, Trevor Villwock, Trevor Shaw, and Marjorie Halloran also have works premiered on the program.
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World premieres:
129. Song for (Dwarf) Planet X by Marjorie Halloran
130. La loba by Adrienne Inglis
131. Reflections on Suffering by Robbie LaBanca
132.The Gift of Peace by Quinn Mason
133. Thought by Trevor Villwock
134. Every Song by Shahar Regev
135. Free Spirit, Free Mind by Trevor F. Shaw
Origins
Saturday January 21, 2023 at 7 PM
Westminster Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
3802 Exposition Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Inversion's treble chorus, Da Capo, unites the new with the old at their concert, Origins, on Saturday, January 21, 2023. In collaboration with Pianist Dr. Joseph Choi and Clarinetist Brendan Fairleigh, Da Capo presents new music that is inspired by our collective human history, paying tribute to our roots while forging new artistic paths together. Origins features brand new works by Inversion’s in-house composer Suzette Emberton and local composers Steven Sérpa and Susan Meitz, plus gorgeous favorites by Rosephanye Powell, Karen P. Thomas, and others.
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World premieres:
136. Julian’s Hazelnut by Adrienne Inglis
137. Wytches Chant by Robbie LaBanca
138. Caritas Habundat in Omnia by Suzette Emberton
139. Where Do We Come From? by Susan Meitz
140. Ophelia Floats by Steven Sérpa
141. Riding the Electric Unicycle by Patrick Bass
Planet Home
Saturday February 25, 2023 at 7:30 PM (SOLD OUT!)
Sunday February 26, 2023 at 3 PM
The Rosette
3908 Avenue B Ste 116, Austin, TX 78751
Inversion presents Planet Home, which honors the earth and examines our place in its threatened ecosystem by featuring the soundscapes of Seylon Stills, as well as works by in-house composers Carol Brown, Suzette Emberton, Adrienne Inglis, and Trevor Shaw. Inversion also performs the winning composition Afternoon on a Hill by the Sandra Fivecoat Memorial Emerging Composer Contest (open division) Jeffrey Derus, and pieces by Rich Campbell, Santiago Vero, and Stephen Jackson.
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World premieres:
142. Every Swing of the Axe by Stephen Ryan Jackson
143. Extinction by Adrienne Inglis
144. Hymn to Creation by Suzette Emberton
145. A Moment with a Bumblebee by Carol Brown
146. Love’s Philosophy by Trevor F. Shaw
147. The Red Wheelbarrow by Rich Campbell
148. Planet Home — words and music by Jason Kay, Derrick McKenzei, Simon Katz, Toby Smith, Sola Akingbola, and Wallis Buchanan, arranged Trevor Shaw (ASCAP)
Contemporary Classical Day Party
Saturday March 11, 2023 from 12 noon to 6 PM
KMFA Classical 89.5 Draylen Mason Studio
41 Navasota St, Austin, TX 78702
KMFA CLASSICAL presents Contemporary Classical Day Party, an unofficial SXSW Showcase curated by Nathan Felix
Austin composer Nathan Felix teams up with KMFA Classical to bring his Contemporary Classical Day Party - Unofficial SXSW Showcase to the Draylen Mason Music Studio on Saturday, March 11 from Noon to 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free music throughout the afternoon by local contemporary classical artists including student performances by The Akins ECHS Sinfonietta Orchestra and Southwestern University student and composer Monroe Aupperlee.
Other acts scheduled to appear include Lucianna Astorga, Joseph Choi & Chunghui Kim, Mauricio Callejas, Perpetual Motion Quintet, Randall Holt, Catherine Davis, Thomas Echols, Inversion Ensemble, LOLA, Panoramic Voices, Kenzie Slottow, Peter Stopchinski, Norte Sur, VAMP, and more!
Star Stuff
Inversion’s brand new youth choir Nova under the direction of Juli Orlandini presents its inaugural concert “Star Stuff” June 11!
Sunday June 11, 2023 at 4 PM
Austin Public Library Central Branch
710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701
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World premieres:
149. Stars Through the Rain by Adrienne Inglis and Walter Torres
150. let's touch the sky by Suzette Emberton
151. Satellites by Trevor F. Shaw
152. Venus by Abigail Lewis (Nova composer)
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