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Art + Music: Voice of the Whale

  • Bezanson Recital Hall 151 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA, 01002 United States (map)

Faculty chamber music concert curated by Ayano Kataoka and Steven Beck, inspired by the exhibition "Breach: Logbook 24 | Staccato" by Courtney M. Leonard at the University Museum of Contemporary Art.

Featuring Ayano Kataoka, percussion/marimba; Steven Beck, piano; Cobus du Toit, flute; Edward Arron, cello

Music by George Crumb: Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale), Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea, Russell Wharton: Phylogenesis, Angelica Negron: Espacios, objetos, sonidos y tiempo and Luigi Nono: ...sofferte onde serene...

Earlier Event: September 17
The Harmony of Water & Music
Later Event: September 27
A Sonically Reimagined Silence: How the Discovery of Whale Songs Inspired an Environmental Commitment to the Ocean

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst occupies the traditional homelands of the Nolwottog or Nonotuck Nation. For actions beyond statements of recognition of Native lands, see MCNAA.