Commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the Cartography 2021-2022 season
THE ROAD AHEAD for piano, soprano, violin, violoncello and narrator
MARC JOSEPH BAMUTHI
CARLOS SIMON 2021
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