Lisa Bielawa's CD Release Party

Lisa Bielawa celebrates the release of two major new recordings of her music - Chance Encounter (Orange Mountain Music) and In medias res (BMOP/sound) - with a concert and screening at Galapagos Art Space. The performance will include music from both albums plus screenings of award-winning short films of Chance Encounter by directors Lisa Guidetti and Renato Chiocca. Performers include soprano Susan Narucki, violinist/vocalist Carla Kihlstedt, violinist Colin Jacobsen, cellist Eric Jacobsen, members of The Knights, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project members pianist Sarah Bob, percussionist Robert Schulz and harpist Ina Zdorovetchi. Gramophone raves, ’Bielawa is gaining gale force as a composer, churning out impeccably groomed works that at once evoke the layered precision of Vermeer and the conscious recklessness of Jackson Pollock.’  Tickets: $15 at 718.222.8500 or www.galapagosartspace.com