The Amplify Series World Premiere Concert celebrates the new art songs created with poems by nonspeaking autistic poets and music by classical composers.

Commissions this year feature the following poets, composers, and performers:

Poets:

Amelia Bell
Sofia Ghassaei
Matthew McGrath
John-Carlos Schaut
Parker Scheu

Composer:

Eugenia Cheng
Shane S. Cook
Corinne Klein
Paul Novak
Matthew Recio

Performers:

Veena Akama-Makia, mezzo-soprano
Pauline Tan, mezzo-soprano
Samuel James Dewese, baritone
Florence Mak, piano

Accommodations:

Relaxed performance atmosphere (movement, fidgets, stims welcome in our space)
Sensory-relief space outside concert hall
No clapping — handwaving and snapping for applause