Sounds of the Earth
June 15, 2019
The New Music On The Point Festival and Scrag Mountain Music present Sounds of the Earth, a festival celebrating the natural soundscape-inspired music of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and environmental activist John Luther Adams. The afternoon will include live music, vocal and drumming workshops, children’s activities, raffles, food trucks & more! Featuring performances by the JACK Quartet, TURNmusic, Rural Noise Ensemble, Jan Williams (percussion), Robert Black (bass), Eve Beglarian (composer), and participants of the New Music On The Point Festival.
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CONCERT DETAILS
Saturday, June 15, 2019
noon - 6 pm
Shelburne Farms, Coach Barn, 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT
noon - 6 pm
Shelburne Farms, Coach Barn, 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT
"Come as you are. Pay what you can." No reservations required.
12 - 1 pm STRINGS
John Luther Adams excerpt from Three High Places
John Luther Adams The Wind in High Places
Robert Black, double bass; New Music On The Point participants
1 - 2 pm DRUMS
John Luther Adams Drums of Fire, Drums of Stone
John Luther Adams Rumble
John Luther Adams Always Very Soft
John Luther Adams Burst
John Luther Adams Drums of Winter
Jan Williams, percussion; New Music On The Point participants
2 - 3 pm JACK QUARTET
Program TBA
Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
3 - 4 pm TURNmusic
Eve Beglarian in huts and on journeys
John Luther Adams The Light that Fills the World
Ellen Lindquist Nakoda
John Luther Adams The Light Within
Eve Beglarian Cave
TURNmusic artists
4 - 4:30 pm LAKESIDE VOICES
Join Scrag Mountain Music co-Artistic Directors Mary Bonhag and Evan Premo for a community exploration of sonic meditations by Pauline Oliveros.
4:30 - 6 pm FINALE
John Luther Adams SILA
New Music On The Point participants and faculty; members of TURNMusic and the community.
Throughout the Day
Rural Music Ensemble plans ongoing children's programming including playing graphic scores, nature drawing, bird songs, and more!
John Luther Adams excerpt from Three High Places
John Luther Adams The Wind in High Places
Robert Black, double bass; New Music On The Point participants
1 - 2 pm DRUMS
John Luther Adams Drums of Fire, Drums of Stone
John Luther Adams Rumble
John Luther Adams Always Very Soft
John Luther Adams Burst
John Luther Adams Drums of Winter
Jan Williams, percussion; New Music On The Point participants
2 - 3 pm JACK QUARTET
Program TBA
Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello
3 - 4 pm TURNmusic
Eve Beglarian in huts and on journeys
John Luther Adams The Light that Fills the World
Ellen Lindquist Nakoda
John Luther Adams The Light Within
Eve Beglarian Cave
TURNmusic artists
4 - 4:30 pm LAKESIDE VOICES
Join Scrag Mountain Music co-Artistic Directors Mary Bonhag and Evan Premo for a community exploration of sonic meditations by Pauline Oliveros.
4:30 - 6 pm FINALE
John Luther Adams SILA
New Music On The Point participants and faculty; members of TURNMusic and the community.
Throughout the Day
Rural Music Ensemble plans ongoing children's programming including playing graphic scores, nature drawing, bird songs, and more!
John Luther Adams is a composer whose life and work are deeply rooted in the natural world. Adams was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his symphonic work Become Ocean, as well as a Grammy Award for “Best Contemporary Classical Composition” (2014). Inuksuit, his outdoor work for up to 99 percussionists, is regularly performed all over the world. Columbia University has honored Adams with the William Schuman Award “to recognize the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance.”
A recipient of the Heinz Award for his contributions to raising environmental awareness, JLA has also been honored with the Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University “for melding the physical and musical worlds into a unique artistic vision that transcends stylistic boundaries.” Born in 1953, JLA grew up in the South and in the suburbs of New York City. He studied composition with James Tenney at the California Institute of the Arts, where he was in the first graduating class (in 1973). In the mid-1970s he became active in the campaign for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and subsequently served as executive director of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.
Adams has taught at Harvard University, the Oberlin Conservatory, Bennington College, and the University of Alaska. He has also served as composer in residence with the Anchorage Symphony, Anchorage Opera, Fairbanks Symphony, Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and the Alaska Public Radio Network. The music of John Luther Adams is recorded on Cantaloupe, Cold Blue, New World, Mode, and New Albion, and his books are published by Wesleyan University Press.
A recipient of the Heinz Award for his contributions to raising environmental awareness, JLA has also been honored with the Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University “for melding the physical and musical worlds into a unique artistic vision that transcends stylistic boundaries.” Born in 1953, JLA grew up in the South and in the suburbs of New York City. He studied composition with James Tenney at the California Institute of the Arts, where he was in the first graduating class (in 1973). In the mid-1970s he became active in the campaign for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and subsequently served as executive director of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center.
Adams has taught at Harvard University, the Oberlin Conservatory, Bennington College, and the University of Alaska. He has also served as composer in residence with the Anchorage Symphony, Anchorage Opera, Fairbanks Symphony, Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and the Alaska Public Radio Network. The music of John Luther Adams is recorded on Cantaloupe, Cold Blue, New World, Mode, and New Albion, and his books are published by Wesleyan University Press.