Brandon, Jenni % Sisters of the Covid Moon - SOP/BSN/PN

Sisters of the Covid Moon  for soprano, bassoon, and piano by Jenni Brandon (b. 1977) Sisters of the Covid Moon was created during the Covid-19 Pandemic and tells the stories of women of all ages and backgrounds living through these unprecedented times.  Composer Jenni Brandon and Bassoonist/Soprano Gina Cuffari had been talking about creating a new work where Gina would bring her extraordinary talents of singing and playing the bassoon into one work.  During the Fall of 2020 when the Covid-19 Pandemic was continuing to shut down performances, events, and everyday life, they decided that their project would turn to telling the stories of women and girls during the pandemic.  Women carried a lot of the burden of this time – choosing family over career, becoming teachers and full-time caregivers, and discovering a society that was not ready for such a crisis.  In order to tell their stories, Jenni reached out to poet Karla Linn Merrifield to bring together the words and stories of girls,