~Nois Saxophone Quartet brings In Dialogue to Nova Linea Musica: an evening of conversation between voices, gathering five works that explore how music speaks across difference, distance, and tradition. The program culminates in the world premiere of a Nova Linea Musica commission by Grammy-nominated composer Clarice Assad, who joins ~Nois on stage to celebrate the program.

Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte opens the evening, a luminous study in suspended time originally written for string quartet and reimagined here in ~Nois's own arrangement for saxophone quartet. Jessie Montgomery's Break Awayfollows, also arranged by ~Nois, drawing on Montgomery's gift for kinetic, deeply rhythmic dialogue between players and translating that energy into the distinctive timbral palette of four saxophones. Shawn Okpebholo's Game Theory brings the urgency and clarity that have made him one of the most-performed composers of his generation, and one with whom Nova Linea Musica and ~Nois share a long collaborative history.

At the heart of the program is the world premiere of Clarice Assad's Nova Linea Musica commission. Grammy-nominated, Latin Grammy-nominated, and one of the most prolific composer-performers of her generation, Assad writes music that draws fluently from Brazilian, classical, and improvisational traditions. Her presence on stage with ~Nois, performing alongside the ensemble for whom she has written, makes the title of the evening literal: composer and quartet, in dialogue. Assad is also a returning Nova Linea Musica voice this season and a longtime collaborator with the organization's circle of artists.

Nico Muhly's Ordinary Time closes the program, a work whose title gestures toward the liturgical season of patience and attention, and whose quiet structural logic offers the right resting note for an evening built on conversation.

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