Thank you all for your support of EXO and for making this season so special.  This year, EXO received two Grammy® Award nominations for its recording with Curtis Stewart, American Counterpoints, for Best Classical Compendium, and for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. We are deeply honored, and we are grateful to all of you who helped us make those recordings a reality.

We were thrilled to return to the gorgeous space of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, with Reflections of Memory, inviting the audience to lie down immersed in the sound of strings, walk in the space as the music reflects off the stones, or sit in seats surrounding the musicians. The concert featured Strauss’s Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings is a kaleidoscopic exploration of harmony and color, deeply infused with memory and loss; and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis is one of the most celebrated works for strings, imbuing Tallis’s 16th century hymn tune with expansive colors and staging the work across three locations in the Cathedral, reflecting the past, present, and future. A short clip is here. 
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In December, we had the great pleasure of being part of the Library of Congress’ 100th Anniversary Season, with Transfigured Night Reimagined. Our performance featured the D.C. Premiere of American composer Julia Perry’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, performed by four-time Grammy® Nominee Curtis Stewart and played on Fritz Kreisler’s violin; an immersive performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) with newly-written narration by violinist and author Ling Ling Huang. This experiential concept was based on the woman’s confession in the Dehmel poem that originally inspired Schoenberg, incorporating secrets, some shared by audience members, and was conceived and designed by the EXO Creative Team under the direction of Pauline Kim Harris. Compositions by Alan Hovhaness and Irving Fine rounded out the program, reflecting music from the archives of the library

We wrapped up our season with A Field Guide to Imaginary Birds at Prospect Park.  Conceived with families and bird lovers in mind, this immersive composition by Brad Balliet was the perfect way to spend a beautiful day at the park.
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