Letters to Jackie: Ryan Townsend Strand + Karina Kontorovitch

A newly conceived song cycle based on the letters sent to Jacqueline Kennedy by the American people following the assassination of her husband, the 15 settings in Letters to Jackie—by composers Adore Alexander, B.E. Boykin, Skyler Butenshon, Tom Cipullo, Nicholas Cline, Van Gilmer, Aaron Helgeson, Libby Larsen, Will Liverman, Erik Pearson, Matthew Recio, Jen Shyu, Timothy Takach, Augusta Read Thomas, and LJ White—represent the collective grief of a nation and the power of community and healing in a time of great tragedy.