# Focused Encounters with Recent Music: Kate Soper's 'IPSA DIXIT'

An excerpt of a recent work by Kate Soper was performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble as part of a special concert that featured a performance of the music followed by a discussion with the composer and performing artists involved. Wet Ink performed segments of Soper's "IPSA DIXIT," a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. The concert was part of an inaugural set of "Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Music," along with a work by Roger Reynolds. Following the performance by Wet Ink, the musicians had an onstage discussion with the Library's David Plylar. Hear the full version of the concert that focused on Kate Soper's music for a limited time. Program: Kate Soper, Excerpts from "IPSA DIXIT"; \[00:34\] I. Poetics; \[15:22\] II. Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (excerpts); \[19:56\] III. Rhetoric; \[36:17\] Discussion

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661542/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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