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Rhythms of Nature

April 13 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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Saratoga Orchestra Presents “Rhythms of Nature IV: Percussion, Prose, and Poetry” in the Main Barn at Greenbank Farm – Celebrating Whidbey Island’s Earth and Ocean Month
This highly anticipated event, celebrating Whidbey’s Earth and Ocean Month, will be an inspiring afternoon of chamber music and spoken word performances, with free admission and donations warmly encouraged.

This year’s program will feature a diverse range of compositions, including works by composers Frederick Rzewski, Samuel Barber, Terry Riley and Serge Rachmaninoff, alongside original pieces by four Pacific Northwest composers: Rumiana Drumeva, Mitchell Beck, Lea Fetterman and Alex Shapiro.

Program Highlights:

  • Frederick Rzewski’s “To the Earth” for Flower Pots and Speaker – an experimental composition exploring the intersection of sound, object, and environment.
  • Rumiana Drumeva’s Salish Sea Melody for violin and keyboard, capturing the serene and often moody beauty of the Salish Sea.
  • Mitchell Beck’s Water and Sand for percussion, featuring multi-media projections and an audio track.
  • Alex Shapiro’s Water Voyage for clarinet, bassoon, and audio track, exploring nature’s rhythms.
  • Whidbey Island Horn Ensemble and soprano Eva Nelson will perform art songs by Samuel Barber and Serge Rachmaninoff.
  • The iconic minimalist piece, Terry Riley’s “In C”, will be a chance for community musicians to collaborate, offering an improvisational and immersive musical experience.

Local spoken word poets Faith Wilder, Lea Fetterman and Linda Beeman will be enhancing the music with the spoken word with the likes of poems by James Agee as well as original works of Beeman and Fetterman.

The concert will be anchored by the theme “The Earth has music for those that listen… Will you?”, encouraging audiences to engage with the natural world through the universal language of music.

OrchestraFor more information www.sowhidbey.com or 360-929-3045

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Date:
April 13
Time:
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Series:
Earth and Ocean Month
Event Categories:
Annual Events, Earth and Ocean Month, Live Music, Music, Whidbey
Event Tags:
Whidbey Island
Website:
https://www.sowhidbey.com

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Saratoga Orchestra
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Greenbank Farm

765 Wonn Rd.
Greenbank, WA 98253 United States
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