[ad_1]
ETSU will host an environmental musical performance on Friday, October 14 at 7:30 pm in the Martin Center Concert Hall located on campus. The event is free and open to students, faculty and the public.
The performance will consist of musicians improvising with their instruments to recorded sounds from the natural world in the background. The show will also include taped interviews of different people talking about their personal responses to the climate crisis.
“Performance is a combination of different instruments. We have musicians playing classical bass, string instruments, as well as synthesized sounds that will all be part of the production,” said Mildred Perrault, assistant professor in the Department of Media and Communication.
The concert will feature a variety of local musicians from the Johnson City area, as well as some ETSU students and faculty. One of the performers, Jason Davis, is a composer and bassist, Basler Chair for ETSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, and director of the Climate Stories Project, an educational and artistic exploration focused on sharing personal stories about climate change.
“Jason Davies is working on an environmental history project where he interviews people in different communities about their experiences with climate change. He also takes these oral histories and uses them to inform how he creates his music. He has two brand new pieces that he will be performing at the Environmental Music event,” Perreault said.
There will also be additional events aligned with Davis’ Climate Stories project that will take place during the fall semester. On October 26, the climate stories training workshop will allow participants to create their own climate story and share it with other participants.
If you are interested in learning more about Davis’s Climate Stories project or listening to some of his pre-recorded music before the performance, you can visit his website at https://www.climatestoriesproject.or g/climate-music.html .
Connected
[ad_2]
Source link