The Music Department will host Departure Duo for a concert in Room 218 of the Davidson Music Center (No. 45). A “high-low duo,” Nina Guo, soprano, and Edward Kass, string bass, explore the possibilities for music at its extremes: flying chips of marble, shifting grayscale landscapes and sensual James Joyce settings, alongside the biting humor of Dorothy Parker. The concert centerpiece will be the duo’s newest commission by Tomás Gueglio, a Chicago-based, Argentine composer, which draws inspiration from the heightened drama and radiophonic landscape of telenovelas. Committed to performing and commissioning repertory for their instrumentation, Departure Duo has premiered dozens of new works resulting from in-depth collaborations, and Guo and Kass have cataloged more than 170 pieces as part of their “30x’30” project with the goal of finding 30 hours of soprano and double bass repertory by 2030. More information is on the Music Department’s calendar website.