This concert features a short chamber opera by NYC composer Wang Jie entitled It Rained on Shakopee. The work springs from the composer's interest in the experiences of female prisoners and is supported by the Shakopee Women's Correctional Facility and grants from the McKnight Foundation and New Music USA. Wang Jie writes: “A first of its kind, chamber opera “It Rained on Shakopee (working title)” unites two otherwise unrelated Minnesota communities to channel the voices from inside the fence to the public.