Persist by Ethel featuring Allison Loggins-Hull

In celebration of the courage, patience and resilience displayed by people in times of great difficulty, ETHEL, the GRAMMY®-winning, genre-defying string quartet, joins forces with Allison Loggins-Hull, composer, flutist, producer, and Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow to the Cleveland Orchestra. Together, they have elicited new commissions from four brilliant early-career composers: Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima, Xavier Muzik, Sam Wu, and 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Leilehua Lanzilotti. Loggins-Hull herself contributed her own masterwork to the project. Passionate, committed, hopeful and inspiring, each piece contributes to an experience which surpasses the sum of its parts.

Taking its title from Loggins-Hull’s quintet, Persist marks the fifth iteration of HomeBaked, ETHEL’s commissioning program for early-career composers. The initiative, begun in 2010, has commissioned and debuted 20 works by 16 early-career artists. Loggins-Hull teamed with ETHEL to solicit, select, and collaborate with composers from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Supported by two NEA grants, the program was premiered in 2022 at Brooklyn Public Library, and tours in 2024/25.

Tracklist

1.	01. Persist	11:14

2.	02. Pillow Talk	13:28

3.	03. The Reconciliation Suite - 1. The Unknowns	2:16

4.	04. The Reconciliation Suite - 2. Never Be the Same	4:31

5.	05. The Reconciliation Suite - 3. Mr. Rubber Sole from the Digital World	2:51

6.	06. The Reconciliation Suite - 4. The Blooming Season	4:13

7.	07. Terraria	7:26

8.	08. we began this quilt there - I. Uluhaimalama	3:36

9.	09. we began this quilt there - II. Ku'u hae aloha	1:00

10.	10. we began this quilt there - III. Paoakalani	4:03

Credits

released December 6, 2024

ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin Dorothy Lawson, cello Corin Lee, violin
With Very Special Guest
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
Executive Producer: Karen Jenkins
Recording Producer: Elaine Martone, Sonarc Music Recording, Editing and Mixing: Daniel Shores Additional Engineering: Jeremy Delaney Additional Editing: Corin Lee
Mastering: Daniel Shores
Cover Art: Fire Grass, 2001, Oil on Canvas, 60” x 72” © Jonathan Green Package Design: Joshua Frey
Photography: pp. 10/11 - Nina Roberts
Liner Notes: Ralph Farris
Recorded May 22-26, 2023 at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ www.kaleidoscopesound.com

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