FEATURED RELEASES
Canto Caló
Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides’s debut album featuring mezzo-soprano Melinda Martinez Becker and Friction Quartet.
Canto Caló is the enrapturing debut album by New Mexican composer Nicolás Lell Benavides. Featuring mezzo- soprano Melinda Martinez Becker and Friction Quartet, this release encompasses two major works exploring New Mexican identity, ancestral memories of grandparents, and how those live and breathe within us, cultural connections over generations and what is lost and gained when we revisit our roots.
Release date: October 10, 2025
The Audacity
Release date: September 5, 2025
Flutist Meerenai Shim’s Fourth Solo Album
Ten years since her last solo album, trail-blazing flutist Meerenai Shim releases her fourth. The Audacity combines virtuosic flute performances and modern record production techniques in a delightful sonic package. Anchored by the evergreen “Vermont Counterpoint” by Steve Reich and augmented by newly commissioned works from The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker, Brent Miller, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, and Meghann Wilhoite, The Audacity is Meerenai’s most cohesive project to date. When she designed the album cover, Meerenai happened to hand-write her name and it turns out that The Audacity is truly her signature recording project.
