american aviatrix

In celebration of the 2020 centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the American Wild Ensemble created a commission and performance program inspired by pioneering women aviators Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart. Two new works by Ingrid Stölzel (Earhart) and Carolina Heredia (Coleman) were supported by a 2019 Artistic Innovations Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance and slated for performance in Missouri and Kansas in April 2020.

The full video of the American Aviatrix program, which premiered on December 10, 2020, is available below!

commissions

Carolina Heredia: Il n’y aura pas de regrets (2020)

Ingrid Stölzel: Livid Loneliness of Fear (2019)

american aviatrix team

Ann-Marie Wilcox Daehn, voice

Emlyn Johnson, Flute

Bill Kalinkos, clarinet

Sarah Peters, violin

Daniel Ketter, cello

Megan Arns, percussion

This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Thank you to University of Missouri and the Mizzou New Music Initiative for hosting us for this recording project!