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Opening night of the Beacon New Music Festival presents MINK Duo. MINK Duo is a new, new music collaboration between trumpeter Nick Hill and trombonist Mikayla Frank-Martin. They are strongly interested in the creation of a repertoire for the instrumentation, to be achieved via a three-step process: commissioning new works from composers all around the globe, performing these works frequently for many different audiences, and documenting through live and studio recording. MINK Duo values collaboration in many forms, having shared programs and worked jointly on larger works with other artists. MINK's process has brought to bear Nick and Mikayla's shared fearlessness and sense of humor to deliver a body of work that brings a refreshing sincerity to a world awash with irony. 

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Night two of Beacon New Music Festival presents Reflections Duo. Reflections is a Boston-based new music duo with vocalist Emma West and violist Vincent Francis.  Formed in the summer of 2025, Reflections began as a collaboration between friends to explore a shared passion of working with composers to create new and exciting explorations of sound, color, and text. The ensemble’s ever-growing repertoire is curated to showcase a wide array of artistic sensitivities including elements from the genres of art song, avant-garde chamber music, and contemporary folk.  

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Join Beacon Ensemble for the final evening of the 2026 Beacon New Music Festival. They will present a program of entirely commissioned works by the Boston Troubadours, highlighting the folk legends of New England and beyond.