RESONANCE

Exploring themes of care and mindfulness through sound
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 at 5:30 P.M.

Featuring Joshua Hahn, composer and synthesist, and Chris Chorney, cellist, Resonance will include a world premiere for cello by Hahn, a silent listening walk, and an improvised sound mediation by Hahn and Chorney.

Richmond Hill | 2209 E. Grace St. free with registration.

supported by the Allan & Margot Blank Foundation

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JOSHUA HAHN

composer, improviser and flutist

Joshua Hahn has been presented as a composer by Boston Musica Viva, Juventas, Transient Canvas, and Antico Moderno, and as a composer-flutist by Da Camera of Houston, Nonevent, Foundation for Modern Music, and more. Josh has also been the recipient of several awards and commissions. In 2024, he was selected by the Virginia Music Teachers Association for the Virginia commissioned composer, with a premiere at the annual conference at Virginia State University. His solo guitar piece, Lullaby, was awarded first prize for solo string composition by Massachusetts String Teachers Association in 2015.

Josh is an Adjunct Instructor of Music History, Theory & Literature at Virginia Commonwealth University. His music theory scholarship has been published by Music Theory Online, a journal of the Society for Music Theory. He has also presented his music scholarship at the Theorizing African American Music Conference and was selected to present a lecture recital at the Society for American Music conference.

Josh is also committed to cultural justice and volunteerism. He has served on the board of Castle of Our Skins, an ensemble dedicated to celebrating Black artistry, since 2018. He serves on the advisory board of Music Orchard Richmond, which provides after-school and in-school music lessons to students who would not otherwise have access to them.

Josh plays modern and historical flutes, and his collection includes a baroque flute and a 19th-century 8-key flute. He plays regularly with RVA Baroque.

Joshua received an MM in composition from Rice University and a BA summa cum laude in music from Tufts University. His teachers have included Shih-hui Chen, Anthony Brandt, and John McDonald.

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