AVS Presents 2025: HYPNAGOGIA release on September 26

The American Viola Society is pleased to announce that the latest release in our AVS Presents series, AVS Presents 2025: HYPNAGOGIA, will be released on September 26, 2025 to all digital platforms!

The project features works by composers Luis Enrique Casal Rodríguez, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jessie Montgomery, Roque Cordero, and Murray Gross, with performances by violists Luis Enrique Casal Rodríguez, Daniel Doña (of the Arneis Quartet), Michelle LaCourse, Daphne Gerling, Katherine Lewis, and Alicia Marie Valoti. Full album credits are below.

Please look for AVS Presents 2025: HYPNAGOGIA on all digital streaming services. Congratulations to the artists, and thank you for sharing your performances with the viola community worldwide!

Track listing:
1 – Luis Enrique Casal Rodríguez: Duo for Violin and Viola, I. Vigoroso – Majcherczyk&Casal DUO
2 – Gabriela Lena Frank: Hypnagogia for String Sextet – Arneis Quartet (Daniel Doña, viola; Heather Braun, violin; Rose Drucker, violin; Agnes Kim, cello), Michelle LaCourse, viola; Hyun Ji Kwon, cello
3 – Jessie Montgomery: Peace for Viola and Piano – Daphne Gerling, viola & Tomoko Kashagawi, piano
4 – Roque Cordero: Tres Mensajes Breves, I. Allegro comodo – Katherine Lewis, viola & Daniel Baer, piano
5 – II. Lento
6 – III. Molto allegro
7 – Murray Gross: Dark Forest for solo viola – Alicia Marie Valoti, viola