In the great tradition of virtuosos who are also composers—like Paganini and Liszt—Jessica Meyer steps out as the soloist to premiere her own GAEA: Concerto for Amplified Viola and Chamber Orchestra. These are heady times for this exciting young talent whose first composer-performer portrait album topped the Billboard traditional classical chart in 2019. Gramophone Magazine raved, citing the music’s “knife-edge anticipation” that opens onto “unexpected, often ecstatic musical realms.” In other news, the all-female octet In Mulieribus introduces, in Portland, Oregon, Meyer’s Because I Will Not Despair, the latest entry in her growing catalogue of vocal works. —Matthew Gurewitsch