Photographer - Joanna (Asia) Mieleszko
“Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea inspired Alisa Zaika’s he only dreamed of places now…’ for seven instruments. In the one-movement work, Zaika depicted the stillness of a man who has abandoned the quest for adventure and is content to gaze at the sea. Haas led the NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble in an intense performance with fine playing from violinist Vanda Paszko and Natalie North, before the music evaporated into silence.”