New Release
True Concord Voices and Orchestra: Here I Am
2 July 2026
Two world premieres from Jocelyn Hagen, one of them built around 47 portraits of women across history whose words become the libretto.
True Concord's upcoming release features two Jocelyn Hagen works:
The first one, the title piece, Here I Am, grew out of a suggestion from conductor Eric Holtan: a work marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the suffrage movement.
From the press release, I learn that in performance Here I Am runs alongside live projections of 47 women, their words forming the text Hagen sets.
The other is The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, a multimedia symphony that has had more than 50 outings since its 2019 premiere.
True Concord's track record makes this one easy to look forward to. Their Stephen Paulus album earned a GRAMMY nomination, and last year's Jake Runestad recording, also on Reference Recordings, picked up a second.
Soprano Susanna Phillips joins the ensemble here, recorded at Camelback Bible Church in Arizona under engineer John Polito and producer Peter Rutenberg.
I have heard it already, and can tell you in secret that this is one of the releases to really look forward to.
A full review coming to the Listening Room soon.