Award-winning composer Blake Allen will present the world premiere of his original musical work "INSOMNIA" at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall - based on and inspired by the 1934 F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, "Sleeping and Waking." Presented on Tuesday, November 8 at 8 PM, the lead featured vocalists are opera soprano Cree Carrico and Broadway's Jeanna de Waal, with musical accompaniment by the Argus Quartet (Clara Kim, Violin; Giancarlo Latta, Violin; Maren Rothfritz, Viola; Mariel Roberts, Cello) and pianist Chris Koelzer. The one-night-only evening is produced by Traguna Productions.

In a unique merge of classical, opera, and musical theater, Blake Allen's "INSOMNIA" is comprised of two multi-movement, sextet compositions (voice, string quartet, piano) and tells the story of how sleep deprivation and anxiety affect two individuals, living almost one hundred years apart.