Sunday May 24 * doors at 7pm, music at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Part symphony, part jam session, part group meditation, the Regenerate! Orchestra invites audiences to sit back, stroll around, and enjoy the results of a bespoke performance from musicians in our community. Each Regenerate! concert is designed specifically for the instruments performed by those who have signed up to participate.

Program: Love Beats Rain (46 minutes)

Love Beats Rain was written on the North Shore of Minnesota during the summer of 2016. That summer, I (composer Clay Gonzalez) was working on a small farm near Lake Superior, where I experienced the intensity of storms rolling off the lake and funneling into the valley where we worked. The piece depicts one of these storms approaching from a distance — slowly at first, then with sudden force. Over the course of roughly forty minutes, the music traces the storm’s gradual arrival and the shifting emotional atmosphere surrounding it.

At its center is an aria reflecting on what I learned that summer about the ways natural cycles shape our lives — how spending time with the earth gives us a chance to leave behind the rigid dualities of the human world, and how we can draw from these cycles the strength to confront even the most difficult times.

This piece was commissioned by Baltimore-based percussionist Christina Manceor.

Nathaniel Wolff presents a diverse program of solo oboe repertoire, ranging from the renaissance songs of John Dowland to contemporary excursions of Toshio Hosokawa. He finds these pieces personally beautiful and resonant to his recent life experience. He is excited to share this music with you.

Nathaniel Wolff is a DC based oboist, chamber musician and educator. He regularly performs as the principal oboist of the Great Falls Philharmonic and has performed with regional orchestras like the Harrisburg Symphony, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Symphony in C and the Fredericksburg Symphony. He is the oboist for the mixed instrumentation quintet Kintsugi and for the woodwind quintet IGNIS, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2023 Fischoff Competition, among other notable awards. He has attended festivals like Sarasota Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival and the Brevard Music Center. As a performer of contemporary music he has collaborated closely with numerous composers and performed at festivals like the Soundscene Festival at the Hirshhorn Museum and the Gamper New Music Festival. As an educator, he maintains a private studio of over 30 piano and oboe students. Aside from classical music, he loves learning about indie bands, science fiction books, and cozy cafes that stay open in the evening.