Musiqa’s 20th Anniversary Double Feature takes place on April 30 with two different programs, featuring works by the composers who have led Musiqa throughout the years, including Karim Al-Zand, Anthony Brandt, Shih-Hui Chen, Pierre Jalbert, Marcus Maroney, Rob Smith, and Kurt Stallmann. With hundreds of works and dozens of world premieres in our history, we could never provide a complete sampling of our repertoire in a single concert, so we've decided to spread them out over two concerts on the same day. Because Musiqa is committed to reaching the broadest possible audience with our Pay-What-You-Can ticketing model, it's easy for music-lovers to attend both concerts in order to catch every single performance. Both concerts will feature Musiqa Miniatures – a series of short pieces originally commissioned to celebrate our 10th anniversary – the world premiere of Marcus Maroney's Velvet, and the live premiere of Stars by Trevor Weston, a new work celebrating the poetry of Robert Hayden, commissioned with support from Chamber Music America.

The afternoon program will include Lumina II by Kurt Stallmann and Sprint by Rob Smith. Twice Removed by Shui-Hui Chen and Stomping Ground by Karim Al-Zand will be presented at the evening performance. Velvet - a new work composed by Marcus Maroney for an upcoming Musiqa film - will be performed at both concerts along with Trevor Weston's Stars.