Opening Night of our 25th freaking anniversary!
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David YangNCMF Festival Officially Begins in 2026!
Less than a week to go for NCMF 2025, and I have fresh parts in front of me of the commissioned work “Beat Chick: Tunes for Hettie Jones” for string quartet, jazz vocalist, and digital beats, by our 2025 Composer-in-Residence, Guthrie Ramsey. Six poems he has set to music, by trailblazing poet and his late mother-in-law, Hettie Jones (New York Times: Profile “Hettie Jones, Poet and Author Who Nurtured the Beats”). The piece will be sung by Guthrie’s daughter (who also happens to be Hettie’s granddaughter), Bridget Ramsey.
Hettie Jones was born almost the same year as my mom. In a mid-century act of love and defiance, these two fearless Brooklyn Jews married a man of another race and went on to forge impressive careers in a man’s world. As the father of two daughters, I’m full of gratitude for the work and sacrifices of this generation of women. It can’t have been easy. I hope we do Hettie proud this summer, wherever she is.
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David YangIs it weird that the piece I’m most excited about this summer is only three minutes long?
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