What do you get when you set nine composers loose in Denali National Park? You get nine great pieces of music! Give this music to visual artists as inspiration and you get eighteen great pieces of art! In conjunction with the A-Space Gallery exhibit, "DENALI: Artists respond to music inspired by wilderness", participants of Composing in the Wilderness, a shared wilderness experience for adventurous composers, and members of the Elements Artist Group discuss the collaboration and share performances of the music and images of artwork in a virtual music and art experience.
Each video (after the introduction) below is presented as a conversation between composers and visual artists followed by a performance of the composition coupled with images of the artwork that was inspired by the composition. These conversation+music/art videos are also available directly on the Rozsa Center Youtube channel. There is also a playlist that includes the music/art-only videos (without the conversations). We invite you to view the printed program for more information on the compositions, composers, and visual artists.
Introductions and Discussion
Guest panelists discuss the Composing in the Wilderness program.
Silent Succession
Silent Succession, Jesse Budel, composer
Passage, Margo Klass, artist
Enough, Susan Campbell, artist
Savage
Savage, Christian Dubeau, composer
Evocations, Margo Klass, artist
Clouds, Mary Bee Kaufman, artist
Look Up
Look Up, Corinna Hogan, composer
Somewhere Beyond, Margo Klass, artist
Denali Colloquy, Susan Campbell, artist
Footprints
Footprints, Aaron Keyt, composer
Footprints, Mary Bee Kaufman, artist
Marks on the Land, Nancy Hausle-Johnson, artist
On Distant Hills
On Distant Hills, Brent Lawrence, composer
Teklanika Cadences, Charlotte Bird, artist
Awesome Adventure, Nancy Hausle-Johnson, artist
Turbulence
Turbulence, Libby Meyer, composer
Beauty and Conflict, Mary Bee Kaufman, artist
Continuum, Ree Nancarrow, artist
Tundra Tapestry
Tundra Tapestry, Christina Rusnak, composer
Wilderness Mosaic, Charlotte Bird, artist
Tundra Network, Nancy Hausle Johnson, artist
Tattler Creek
Tattler Creek, Dawn Sonntag, composer
If I Could Be Just One Place, Charlotte Bird, artist
Memories, Ree Nancarrow, artist
From the Darkness We Sing the Mighty Land Into Being
From the Darkness We Sing the Mighty Land Into Being, Jennifer Wright, composer
Envisioning Creation, Ree Nancarrow, artist
Listen, Susan Campbell, artist