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Kevin Puts is So Hot Right Now

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Rosette’s ninth So Hot Right Now series features the music of Kevin Puts. Coming up in October 2026, the series will include seven performances in seven different venues across Richmond, VA.

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About Kevin Puts

Pulitzer Prize and Grammy®-winning composer Kevin Puts has established himself as one of America’s leading composers, gaining international acclaim for his “plush, propulsive” music (The New York Times), and described by Opera News as “a master polystylist.” He has been commissioned and performed by leading organizations around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Opera Philadelphia, Minnesota Opera, and many more, and has collaborated with world-class artists such as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and Marin Alsop, among others.

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About the program

Rosette will perform the same two pieces by Kevin Puts seven times in seven different venues during the month of October: Home (2019) and Credo (2007).

Written in response to the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, Home begins with an extended meditation on the key of C major, a sonic representation of “home”. This idyllic atmosphere is soon abandoned, however, in search of new and unfamiliar harmonic terrain. The idea of home returns in the end, but in a way that suggests that it’s been changed by the journey the work represents.

Credo is about finding small glimmers of hope, or things to believe in, when the world seems to be filled with darkness and despair. For the composer, writing this piece in 2007, that darkness included the U.S.-Iraq war and the shooting at Virginia Tech. Although he’s not generally one to rely on blind faith, Puts admits that there are times when it seems like all you can do is believe. Credo depicts three places where he unexpectedly found solace: a violin shop in upstate New York, a jogging path in Pittsburgh, and in watching a mother teach her daughter to dance.

Event Information

Sunday, Oct. 4 at 7:30pm

St. John’s Church Parish Hall (2401 E. Broad St.)

FREE

doors open at 7

Sponsored by St. John’s Church and Crawley Joyner

Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 8pm

w/ Sun V Set

Afterglow Coffee Cooperative (1719 Summit Ave.)

$15 adv/$20 at the door

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Doors open at 7:30. Sun V Set plays at 8, Rosette plays at 9.

Sponsored by Plan 9 Music

Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7pm

Artspace (2833 Hathaway Rd.)

FREE

Doors open at 6:30

Sponsored by Michael and Nancy Lott

Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1pm

Gayton Library (10600 Gayton Rd.)

FREE

Sponsored by William Richter & Ryland Potter

Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7:30pm

Gramophone Winery (4827 Forest Hill Ave.)

FREE

Sponsored by Threshold Counsel, Kerry Mills & Pippin Barnett, Ingrid Keller & Nathan Bick, and Janet Scagnelli

Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6:30pm (SOLD OUT)

House Concert in Windsor Farms

$50 - SOLD OUT

Sponsored by The Harris Family, Gabriella & Raymond Ryan, Marina & José Andueza, Martin Gary & Joan Gaustad, and Matt Edwards

Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 6:30

Révéler (3108 W. Cary St.)

$15 - GET TICKETS

Sponsored by Martin Gary & Joan Gaustad, Michael Pierce & Ron Lee, William Freeman, and Priscilla Cash

Rosette would like to thank our Series Sponsors:

The Harris Family
Judith & Mary O’Brien
Nan Ottenritter

So Hot Right Now is an innovative concert series curated and presented by Rosette, a string quartet based in Richmond, VA. The series highlights the music of one very hot, very alive composer by performing their music multiple times in a variety of venues over the course of one month.

The first So Hot Right Now series took place in October of 2021 and featured the music of Caroline Shaw. Since then, Rosette has championed the work of Kenji Bunch, John Luther Adams, TJ Cole, Jerod Impichaachaaha’ Tate, Fodé Lassana Diabaté, Anna Clyne, and Derrick Skye.

More about Rosette

Formed in 2015, Rosette is a Richmond-based string quartet made up of four women who love to make meaningful connections through music. In addition to the So Hot Right Now series, Rosette performs educational programs in schools, collaborates with Miramar, and gives concerts throughout Virginia.

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