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Alarm Will Sound: 'What Belongs to You'

Friday, February 11, 2022 | 7:30 PM

E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall
560 Trinity Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Tickets

$20 Adult
$15 WU fac/staff
$5 students and youthFree for WashU students with IDEdison Box Office - 314-935-6543

Alarm Will Sound is “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the American music scene” (The New York Times). A 20-member band committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music, they have established a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic virtuosity. They offer a first look at What Belongs to You, an opera-in-progress by composer/librettist David T. Little, based on the celebrated novel by Garth Greenwell (WashU alum). This preview performance will feature the Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman, the 2019 Grammy-winner for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

The Department of English is offering an evening of readings by Garth Greenwell, the author of What Belongs to You on Zoom. Tuesday, February 8 @ 8pm - Reading by Visiting Writer Garth Greenwell

Alarm Will Sound and the WashU Dept. of Music are pleased to offer a first look at What Belongs to You, an opera-in-progress by GRAMMY-nominated composer/librettist David T. Little, based on the celebrated novel by Garth Greenwell (Washington University alum). This preview performance will feature the Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman, the 2019 GRAMMY-winner for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

For more information and to join the mailing list, visit Alarm Will Sound’s website at www.alarmwillsound.com.

Health and Safety Requirements - 560 Music Center

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• Prior to coming to campus, all guests are required to complete the visitor self-screening (covid19.wustl.edu/health-safety/daily-self-screening/)
• Guests ages 12 and older are required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. All guests must also show a photo ID for entry.
• All guests must wear a face mask.

Event Type

Concerts & Performances

Schools

Arts & Sciences

Website

https://artsci.wustl.edu/events/alarm...

Event Contact

b.worley@wustl.edu

Speaker Information

Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs to You “tells the story of a man caught between longing and resentment, unable to separate desire from danger, and faced with the impossibility of understanding those he most longs to know.” This manifests as an obsession with a hustler named Mitko, with whom the unnamed narrator begins a long, unstable, and ultimately destructive affair. The story is specific and personal, but the experience Greenwell describes is universal: the search for self and the desire to belong amidst loneliness and enduring heartbreak.

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