World Premiere: ‘or/and’

Multimedia chamber operatic poem or/and follows the journey of a composer as she accepts the seeming contradictions of her immigrant identity.

Inspired by two events half a world apart — a sacred ceremony of the indigenous Paiwan people of Taiwan and the Women’s March in Houston — this work by Shih-Hui Chen rejects the divisive “or” and taps into the inclusive power of “and” to help mend our world.