When:
Friday, September 25, 2015
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: All Audiences Free
Contact:
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Ryan Center for the Musical Arts South Lawn (rain location: Ryan Center for the Musical Arts atrium), free
Donald Nally, Benjamin Bolter, Alan Pierson, and Doug Perkins, conductors
Shimmering harmonic clouds hover and gently transform in John Luther Adams’s Sila (2014) for 90 musicians, performed by members of the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. Presented on the Arts Green with Lake Michigan, the Music and Communication Building, and the Chicago skyline as backdrop, Sila explores the composer’s deep concern with the interactions between humans and the environment. In this mystical work, inspired by natural harmonic overtones, performers move to the rhythm of their own long, beautiful exhalations.