Josh Halpern & Scott Ordway: Letters to My Daughters

Scott Ordway, composer

Josh Halpern, cello

Minyoung Kang, piano

At the heart of this powerful evening is Letters to My Daughters—a new work by composer Scott Ordway and the first-ever new commissioned work by the Cultural Caravan, part of a new initiative exploring the inner lives of today’s most compelling composers.

This deeply personal new piece by acclaimed composer Scott Ordway (“Exquisite” —The New York Times) unfolds as a series of musical letters to his young daughters, blending music and text into a searching reflection on love, memory, and inheritance.

The program also includes music by composers who lived and wrote through upheaval—Debussy, Messiaen, Lutosławski, and Weinberg—whose works reflect moments of political instability, personal loss, and quiet resistance.