View this email in your browser Coming in 2027: The Velveteen Rabbit We're bursting with excitement to share some wonderful news: The Velveteen Rabbit comes to Pittsburgh in 2027, and you’ll be the first to see it! Based on the beloved book by Margery Williams, this Resonance Works commission features a libretto and score by the extraordinary composer-vocalist Gilda Lyons (whose music you can experience in the first production of our 26/27 season, An Anchor in Time ). We’re honored to share that we’ve been awarded a 2026 Commissioning Grant from Opera America's Opera Grants for Women Composers to support this wonderful new opera. Sung in English and Spanish, this heartfelt story follows a Rabbit born into an English-speaking nursery, yearning for a place to feel whole. Mocked by the other toys, Rabbit finds a wise friend in the Old Horse — El Caballo Viejo — who teaches that becoming "Real" means being loved into change. When illness separates Rab...
One-time only concert features choral and orchestral works by Aaron Copland, Gilda Lyons, Claudio Monteverdi, Margaret Bonds, and more! Mezzo-soprano Timothi Williams and the Resonance Chamber Orchestra giving the world premiere of Gilda Lyons' An Anchor in Time in 2023 - Photo: Alisa Innocenti PITTSBURGH, PA — Resonance Works kicks off its 14th season on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3:00 pm with An Anchor in Time , a concert program of choral and orchestral music performed at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA. "The nostalgic past and unknown future are often in conflict with one another, but this program celebrates both, and explores how we can honor both in our lives and in our art," says Maria Sensi Sellner, Artistic and General Director of Resonance Works. The concert brings together three distinct musical journeys through time. At its center is An Anchor in Time itself, composed by Gilda Lyons and originally commissioned for Res...