I warmly welcome my family, friends, and colleagues to the world premiere of Potentia, my debut work for orchestra and narrator, with Orchestra Santa Monica this February. Commissioned by OSM, this piece has been a rewarding collaboration with conductor Roger Kalia and Santa Monica’s 2024 Poet Laureate, Anne Carmack. Potentia is inspired by Carmack’s poignant poem reflecting on the shared passages of life, and will feature the esteemed baritone Jubilant Sykes as both narrator and vocalist.

Thank you to Orchestra Santa Monica for making this work possible, and I look forward to sharing more details about this premiere soon. 

More info here: https://orchestrasantamonica.org/event/gomez-elgar-feb-16-2025/