We are 4 YEARS OLD!!! Join us in celebrating by helping us grow!!!

This is a fundraiser to support our 2019/20 season. Our longterm commissioning project, 30 by '30, is healthily underway, but we need your donations to make our work sustainable and our goal attainable. In the past three and a half seasons, we’ve performed more than 40 concerts in over 20 cities in 3 countries. We’ve premiered over a dozen new works by composers from around the world. Help us continue this work!

Your donation covers:

Every penny counts! Without your donation, we cannot maintain such an active schedule:
$25: one trip from Boston to New York for all three of us (Eddie, Nina, and the bass)
$50: recording/editing one piece from a concert
$100: one venue rental
$100: one minute of new music (aka one Instagram post for all of our social media fans)
$200: live recording and video editing from one concert
$300: 3 minutes of new music (a radio pop song amount)
$600: average cost of one world premiere concert

We are committed to building this repertoire and spreading the gospel of soprano+double bass music. Your contribution is an investment in the future of this music. Help us commission more new music and share this music with more audiences! We have the unique opportunity to nurture a musical repertoire from the ground-up, so let's not hesitate and help it grow!

Kindly consider sharing this fundraiser with other new music supporters, and check out our rewards. We are very grateful for all donations.
Thank you, and we hope to see you soon at a concert!

Nina and Eddie
Departure Duo

Departure Duo is a Boston-based soprano and double bass duo comprised of Nina Guo and Edward Kass. Committed to expanding the repertoire for this “high-low” combination, Departure Duo commissions new works and researches and performs pre-existing pieces. The duo's longterm goal, 30 by '30, is to have 30 hours of soprano/double bass repertoire by 2030. Nina and Eddie are particularly interested in how extended technique and theatricality can expand the range of expression for both players and further engage audiences. A Departure Duo concert showcases the variety and depth within the soprano/double bass universe. By celebrating the diversity found within this small (but growing!) corner of music, Nina and Eddie aim to counter new music's notoriety and promote accessibility for all audiences.
 
Recent performance highlights include Spoleto Festival USA (2018), Omaha Under the Radar (2017), Columbia University (2017), a teaching residency at University of Georgia (2018), and an artist residency at Yellow Barn (2019).