On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: In the later stages of the COVID 19 pandemic, composer Paul Novak was thinking alot about the isolation many musicians felt during this difficult time: that there has been collective trauma in isolation, but also, challenges in finding new ways to connect. His work “a string quartet is like a flock of birds” grapples with these questions, with the players musically - and metaphorically - attempting to find each other.

And we’ll conclude our series of conversations with composers from the inaugural Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program. This week, we’ll hear from composers Claire Hu and Nick Bentz about their work and careers, and listen to a piece by each of them performed at SCFP. 

Plus, music by Kate Moore, Baljinder Sekhon, Aigerim Seilova, Ian Chang, Alex Groves, and others; and performances by harpist Chelsea Lane, Kinetic Ensemble, soprano Marisa Karchin with Chelsea Music Festival Musicians, violinist Rakhi Singh, Pathos Trio, and more.