Program #1: MUSIC CONNECTS US

Music Never needed borders.
We removed them.

Hot Wrk Ensemble tears up the map.

Baroque meets hip-hop.
Scarlatti meets the Arabic-Andalusian tradition.
Freddie Hubbard meets Stevie Wonder.
Centuries, cultures, grooves and ideas collide—not as novelty, but because music has always borrowed, traveled, transformed and connected us.

A sample program includes:

• Vibrations — Lois Hicks-Wozniak & Brad Hubbard
  for chamber trio and hip-hop beats, commissioned by the Orange County Arts Council

• Interwoven — GianCarlo Lay
  a new consortium commission

• Baroque and Baroque Connections
  Che Si Puo Fare — Barbara Strozzi, arr. Hicks-Wozniak
  Sonata, K. 32 & 213 — Domenico Scarlatti
  Lamma Bada Yatathana — Traditional Andalusian/Arabic Muwashshah

• Rhythms and Grooves That Connect Us
  Where Is the Love? — Black Eyed Peas, arr. Hicks-Wozniak
  Povo — Freddie Hubbard
  Superstition — Stevie Wonder
  Feels So Good — Chuck Mangione

Different centuries.
Different continents.
Different languages.

Same human pulse.

Hot Wrk Ensemble
Come hear what happens when the walls come down.