Music at Amherst Series presents Karen Slack, soprano; Casey Robards, piano and the Pacifica Quartet on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM in Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College at 53 College Street, Amherst, MA.

Praised for her “sizeable voice that captured all of the vacillating emotions” by The New York Times, 2025 GRAMMY® Award and Sphinx Medal of Excellence winner soprano Karen Slack isa sought-after collaborator, curator and artistic advisor. She is joined by GRAMMY®Award-winning Pacifica Quartet, Quartet-in-residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, known for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices.
— “...nothing short of phenomenal...” – The Telegraph

Program:
Florence Price: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major (string quartet)
Florence Price: Soprano/piano
Beyond The Years
Bright Be the Place
There Be None
Pittance
Winter Idyl
James Lee III: A Double Standard (soprano + string quartet)
Shawn Okpebholo: Oh! Freedom! (soprano\piano)
Moses Hogan: Crucifixion (soprano/piano)
Hall Johnson: Le’s Have a Union (soprano /piano)
Margaret Bonds: You Can Tell the World from Five Creek-Freedman Spirituals (soprano/piano)
Antonin Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96