‘‘There are shocks of beauty, shocks of feeling, shocks of insight. Such were the virtues of John Luther Adams’s
Become Ocean.”
Alex Ross —The New Yorker
The SDSO opens its 95th season lending its voice to the 2016 centennial celebration of the Pulitzer Prizes by performing winner John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean. Several events have been planned to prepare for and help celebrate this important prize and composition.
EVENTS SCHEDULED
Thursday, October 6, 2016
3:00pm – 3:50pm
JLA Composition Lecture at Augustana University as part of the Knutson Master Class Series — The Augustana University Music Department invites
Mr. Adams for a discussion as part of the Knutson Master Series, which presents Music and the Arts through the 21st Century prism of possibility and opportunity. Augustana has invited, composers, artists, administrators, entrepreneurs, and innovators to this series.
WHERE: Kresge Auditorium, Humanities Center, Augustana University
WHO CAN ATTEND: All are welcome
5:00pm
Panel Discussion – Music in the Anthropocene
Panel: JLA, Delta David Gier, Randell Beck, and Norman Bliss
Join SDSO Music Director Delta David Gier and Pulitzer Board President Randell Beck for a panel discussion about John Luther Adams' prize-winning orchestral work Become Ocean and the environmental changes that inspired it. The composer will be present for the panel, as will Norman Bliss, Principal Scientist with ASRC Federal InuTeq, a contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). An environmental activist as well as composer, Adams will discuss his life's work as well as the inspiration for “Become Ocean,” to be performed by the SDSO on their opening program October 8th.
WHERE: Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center
7:00pm
SDSO Rehearsal Open to Panel Discussion Participants
WHERE: Schulte Room, Washington Pavilion
Friday, October 7, 2016
10:30am
SDPB Radio Interview on Morning Classics with JLA and Delta David Gier
WHERE: Listen at 90.0 or online at SDPB
11:00am
SDPB Documentary Interview
12:00pm
South Dakota Symphony League Luncheon – JLA and Delta David Gier
WHERE: Minnehaha Country Club
WHO CAN ATTEND: All are welcome call 605-335-7933 to make a reservation.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
11:00am-12:00pm
The South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra will
workshop JLA's String quartet Wind in High Places
arranged for string orchestraa
WHERE: McGovern Middle School
WHO CAN ATTEND: Area High School Music Students Invited to Observe
1:00pm
SDSO Dress Rehearsal
WHERE: Washington Pavilion
WHO CAN ATTEND: Open to only invited/registered guests, masterclass participants, and youth orchestra students attending the 11am workshop
6:30pm
SDSO Concert Insights with JLA and Delta David Gier
WHERE: Washington Pavilion
WHO CAN ATTEND: Open to all ticket holders
7:30pm
SDSO Concert at the Washington Pavilion
Post Concert Donor Reception - Argus Leader Media Subscriber Event