Whether through the inspiration behind each composition, or the composers themselves, Hub of the Musiverse programs highlight the diversity and importance of immigrant voices and centers their stories in our community.

The program includes incisive works by Aida Shirazi and Golnaz Shariatzadeh, members of the Iranian Female Composers Association, an organization founded to provide a welcoming space for Iranian female-identifying compositional voices around the globe. Kareem Roustom’s Aleppo Songs takes urban folk songs from Aleppo, transforming them into grand pianistic gestures. Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s Emakhaya recalls scenes of village life of the Xhosa people of South Africa's Eastern Cape province.

The concert is sponsored by the Social Action Committee of First Parish of Watertown, and is made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council; the Watertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency; the Alice M. Ditson Fund; and the Copland Fund for New Music.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group.