Harpist Alyssa Reit will premiere my piece Moss Soft Gleam as part of the Queens New Music Festival and Vox Novus’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame project. Alyssa Reit has appeared as a harpist and storyteller across the US. She has performed with Anonymous 4, John Cage, and theater director/choreographer Martha Clarke. Active as a composer, Reit’s works include solos, brass quintets, choral music, music for string orchestra and more.
Friday, May 1, 2026 7:30 PM
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Alyssa Reit
Queens New Music Festival
Culture Lab LIC
5-25 46th Ave
Long Island City NY 11101
Purchase tix for the festival which kicks off tonight and runs through Monday, May 4.
Moss Soft Gleam is the first time I’ve written for lever harp. It explores the instrument’s polytonal possibilities. Also on the program are works by E. Bu?ra Balc?, Erik Branch, Ross James Carey, François Couture, Philip Czap?owski, Joshua Paul Daniels, Ljubica Dam?evi?, Christopher Everest, Ólafur Geir Guðlaugsson, Faruk Mehi?, Ken Metz, Marina Romani, Juan María Solare, and Jane Wang.
I wish I could attend the performance in person. The one time I’ve been to Culture Lab LIC was with Miolina on a bill we shared with the amazing Ken Butler and HYBRID. Instead, I’ll make do with the livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNWMcnbMAWM