Presented in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University School of Music
A concert performance featuring new music written through the lenses of infertility and pregnancy loss.
"One in Four, One in Eight" takes its title from two statistics: one in four known pregnancies ends in loss in the U.S., and one in eight people need medical intervention to get to the journey of pregnancy. The piece is a 60-minute performance, featuring new music that engages aspects of the human and emotional experience — as well as the more procedural and scientific aspects — of infertility and pregnancy loss. It builds a sonic space to explore a deeply personal, physical, and embodied experience that is externally invisible and often socially stigmatized.
“One in Four, One in Eight" insists that there is room for both the human being and science in the same space, and it recognizes the complexities of how these two elements co-exist.
The event will include pre- and post-concert talks, as well as newly commissioned visual artwork by Pittsburgh artist Morgan Overton.