“Zarabanda Variations” – Run AMOC* Festival at Lincoln Center

Zarabanda Variations
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium

Run AMOC* Festival, Summer for the City at Lincoln Center

FREE – General admission, first-come first-served
Fast Track tickets available on Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12pm EDT

Conceived by performer, composer, and American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) member Keir GoGwilt, Zarabanda Variations brings together a group of visionary composers, performers, and poets in a surprising and vibrant synthesis of Baroque, folkloric, and contemporary music of the American hemisphere. The members of the ensemble work across genres including traditional Mariachi and Baroque music, improvisation collectives in Mexico City and New York, and contemporary composition, creating new songs and dances inspired by the eclecticism of the zarabanda: a dance with Spanish, pre-Columbian American, and African origin stories. Woven in with the music is the poetry of Edgar Garcia, whose work maps the emergence of the Baroque through scenes of colonial and contemporary translation, emergency, and migration. Zarabanda Variations celebrates its New York debut at Lincoln Center.

Natalia Arroyo, Composition
Vicente Atria, Composition
Jonny Allen*, Percussion
Mariana Flores Bucio, Voice
Miranda Cuckson*, Violin
Carrie Frey, Viola
Edgar Garcia, Poetry
Keir GoGwilt*, Violin and Composition
Alec Goldfarb, Guitar
Kyle Motl, Contrabass, Composition
John Popham, Cello
Wilfrido Terrazas, Flutes, Composition

An * asterisk next to an artist’s name denotes that they are one of 17 founding AMOC* company members.

Zarabanda Variations was developed through residencies at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.