Juventas New Music Ensemble, led by Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan, continues its 2020-21 virtual concert season with “The Voice of the Rain,” featuring music inspired by autumn and nature. “Watershed,” a piece Caplan composed and scored for flute, clarinet, horn, cello and piano, was inspired by the Mystic River corridor in Medford. “Walks along the river have helped me get through this past year,” Caplan says. “Even on the most difficult days, the beauty of nature calms my mind and stirs my soul.”

Other composers whose works will be featured are Stephanie Ann Boyd, Andrew Porter, Michael Culligan, Linda Chase, Ingrid Stolzel and Oliver Davis. With performances by
Nick Southwick, flute; Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet; Anne Howarth, horn; Ryan Shannon, violin; Lu Yu, viola; Minjin Chung, cello; Julia Scott Carey, piano; and Tom Schmidt, percussion.

The concert will be live streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk2Vn9X0B7s

Also, at 7 p.m. via Zoom, there will be a pre-concert “Composer Conversation” moderated by Professor Karen Ruymann of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee; register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrd-6opjIiEtPZ0F_gVK6In5plS54wozmP

Juventas New Music Ensemble is a contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. Juventas shares classical music as a vibrant, living art form, and brings audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.