DEI lives. The genre-bending, classically trained mavericks of the prize-winning 20-head ensemble Alarm Will Sound join forces with the Haitian-American singer-flutist-composer Nathalie Joachim in an exploration of her family history. Another guest artist with tales to tell is the violinist-vocalist Alyssa Pyper, who made a splash with her debut album Salt Crust (2021), diving into the trauma of being gay and Mormon. —Matthew Gurewitsch