Two Cities is a Baltimore- and New York City-based vocal duo, comprised of soprano Melissa Wimbish and mezzo-soprano Elspeth Davis. Two Cities was created to take a new look at early and traditional music, as well as expand the repertoire of contemporary music written for two female voices.

By collaborating with the most compelling and established combination of composers and musicians, Two Cities blends both traditional and contemporary performances into a new and invigorating audience experience.

This concert features pianists Gloria Kim and Ta-Wei Tsai, on a song cycle by the composer Gregory Spears: Owen Songs. The cycle features poetry by Wilfred Owen, one of the leading poets of the First World War. Written in 2006, the piece includes six of Wilfred Owen’s poems, and beautifully sets them for two singers, four-handed piano, and electronics, further highlighting the beauty and the horror in Owen’s poetry.

The group will be performing the piece again in New York City in spring 2017, in preparation for the work's recording and release on New Amsterdam Records the following year.

Tickets: $15 in advance/$18 at door/$10 full-time students with ID