A Long Journey Called Home: Piano Recital Featuring works from Mozart to Missy Mazzoli

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Date(s): Sunday, June 7, 2026
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: St Andrew's Episcopal Church
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“A Long Journey Called Home” is pianist Anne Lovering Rounds’ solo piano program, literary event, and coming of age story.
The first half of “A Long Journey Called Home” revisits canonical repertoire from formative childhood years at the piano, including works by George Gershwin and W. A. Mozart. The second half offers pieces that became newly emotionally and technically available in adulthood, ending with noted contemporary American composer Missy Mazzoli’s stunning, cathartic 2022 work “Forgiveness Machine.” In the form of essays, the concert program notes chronicle a journey of self-discovery, injury, physical and mental recovery, and acceptance..Through performance and the literary arts, “A Long Journey Called Home” tells the story of growing up musically, bears witness to what it means to be a student, and invites listeners to be part of a journey still unfolding.

A Long Journey Called Home: The Past and Present of Becoming a Pianist a recital of works from Mozart to Missy Mazzoli Anne Lovering Rounds, Piano Photo of Anne Lovering Rounds through the opening of a grand piano. Photo Credit: J. Adrian Wylie, 1999 Sunday, June 7, 3p St Andrew's Episcopal Church 306 N. Division, Ann Arbor 48104 Free & open to the public full setlist and program notes at cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/a-long-journey-called-home

Pianist Anne Lovering Rounds sits at a bench in front of a grand piano

Anne Lovering Rounds, an Ann Arbor native, is a poet, pianist, and professor of English at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, City University of New York. While studying with pianist and 2026 GRAMMY ® nominee Adam Tendler, she has performed in venues including New York’s Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, and the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. She is the author of three books of poetry: Variations in an Emergency, Little Double Elegy for All of You, and Clearing the Stage, as well as literary criticism on modern American poets including Frank O’Hara and Allen Ginsberg. As a professor, she is a champion for artistic interdisciplinarity, accessibility, and creativity.