The premiere of a new work, “Braided Soul” for soprano, flute, bass clarinet, violin and piano will be had on the opening concert of the 2026 Queens New Music Festival at Culture Lab LIC at 7:30PM. The work sets a poem to music of the same name by David Bowles, expressing the idea of the soul from native Mexican beliefs to the Catholic belief and finally to a Mestizo realization of the soul. Musicians Risa Harman, soprano; Adelina DeBella, flute; Thomas Piercy, bass clarinet; Laurel Gagnon, violin; and Corey Chang, piano perform.

Other works on the program are:

Corey Chang
“Shimmer” for piano
(2023/2024)

Masatora Goya
"Robert Louis Stevenson Suite"
for soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, and piano
(2026) (World Premiere)
Harman, Gilman, DeBella, Piercy, Gagnon, Chang

Beata Moon
“Prayer of Saint Francis”
for baritone, clarinet, violin, and piano
(2026) (World Premiere)
Gilman, Piercy, Gagnon, Iwao

Allen Schulz “8 miniatures” for alto flute and clarinet
(2026) (World Premiere)
DeBella, Piercy

Frances White
"The lily bearers" for narrator, alto flute, violin, and piano
(2026) (World Premiere)
Harman, DeBella, Gagnon, Iwao