The Fromm Players at Harvard University present: The Music of Annea Lockwood

Annea Lockwood&nbsp;(b. 1939), recently described by&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;as “a composer of insatiable curiosity and a singular ear for the music of the natural world,” brings a robust program of recent works from the last two decades to Harvard. The program includes&nbsp;Becoming Air&nbsp;(2018), a visceral solo work that plumbs the depths of trumpet sound through volatile textures and fragile resonances, at times fading to near inaudibility.&nbsp;Jitterbug&nbsp;(2007)&nbsp;transports listeners to the lakes and backwaters of Montana, where musicians interpret rock photographs as graphic scores, evoking a kind of sonic geology.&nbsp;Buoyant&nbsp;(2013)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Into the Vanishing Point&nbsp;(2019)&nbsp;are two alluringly lush works: the first draws audiences into the world of Lockwood’s visionary field recordings, while the second unfolds a unique soundscape of rubbed piano strings, gently handled objects, and chiming pitches that conjure a plethora of natural images––insects and frogs, wind through trees, and the wings of birds in flight. Curated by flutist and professor&nbsp;Claire Chase, the evening draws upon Lockwood’s intensively collaborative compositional process by bringing together an array of performers—many of whom commissioned, premiered, and championed these works—including the trumpeter&nbsp;Nathan Wooley, pianist&nbsp;Vicki Ray, percussionist&nbsp;Wesley Sumpter, and the ensemble&nbsp;Yarn/Wire. Curated and Hosted by&nbsp;Professor Claire Chase Featuring:<ul><li>Nathan Wooley, trumpet</li><li>Vicki Ray, piano</li><li>Wesley Sumpter, percussion</li><li>Yarn/Wire, piano and percussion</li></ul>Program: “Becoming Air” (2018)&nbsp;with Nathan Wooley, trumpet “Jitterbug” (2007)&nbsp;with Vicky Ray, piano, and Wesley Sumpter, percussion INTERMISSION “Buoyant” (2013) “Into the Vanishing Point” (2019)&nbsp;with Yarn/Wire, piano and percussion This event is part of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harvard.edu/artsthursdays/">ArtsThursdays</a>, a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA).

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall

A Conversation with Annea Lockwood

Supported by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) On the occasion of the Fromm Music Foundation concert highlighting the last two decades of her groundbreaking work, the visionary composer&nbsp;Annea Lockwood&nbsp;sits down with writer, photographer, and art historian&nbsp;Teju Cole. Through conversation, they will explore the remarkable collaborative dimensions of Lockwood’s compositional process, with special attention to the works featured on the November 6 performance––Becoming Air&nbsp;(2018),&nbsp;Jitterbug&nbsp;(2007),&nbsp;Buoyant&nbsp;(2013), and&nbsp;Into the Vanishing Point&nbsp;(2019)––and invite the audience into the dialogue. The talk will open with a performance of Lockwood’s&nbsp;bayou borne&nbsp;(2016) by the&nbsp;Harvard New Music Ensemble. Featuring:<ul><li>Annea Lockwood, composer</li><li>Moderated by&nbsp;Teju Cole, writer, photographer, art historian, and Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing</li><li>The Harvard New Music Ensemble</li></ul>Curated and Hosted by&nbsp;Professor Claire Chase <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/soundwalkinaudible-cities-here-now-there-and-then-tickets-1732658501219?aff=oddtdtcreator">Join us at 4:45pm for a soundwalk led by Loeb/ArtLab Fellow Jacek Smolicki leading up to the Composers Talk. Space is limited, registration is required, visit the event page for more details.</a> Parking:&nbsp;Please note that ArtLab does not have parking, and area street parking is limited. Rideshare and public transit are recommended.

Harvard ArtLab

Louis C. Elson Lecture: Josh Kun

"Search Results 0: Music and the Disappeared" This talk will explore music as a response to the forced detention and disappearance of contemporary migrants in Mexico, the United States, and across the Mediterranean Sea. Based on interviews, archival research, and reporting, it listens to the music of the disappeared and to the songs and sounds fighting against contemporary disappearances. What is the presence that music creates in the face of absence? Can music repair the wounds of the missing? Is music a form of re-appearance? The Louis C. Elson Lecture series was established in 1948 by Bertha A. Elson, as a tribute to her late husband.

Holden Chapel

Selections from Terry Riley's "The Holy Liftoff" (2022-25)

The iconic American composer Terry Riley (b. 1935) began&nbsp;The Holy Liftoff (2022-2025)* as an open-score sketchbook of brilliantly colored drawings for multiple flutes, commissioned by&nbsp;Claire Chase&nbsp;for her multi-year&nbsp;Density 2036&nbsp;project. Through a realization by&nbsp;Samuel Clay Birmaher, these sketches have since evolved into a multidimensional work blending through-composed material, graphic notation, evocative artwork, and Riley’s signature open-form scoring. Heard now as an eight-voice chorus of flutes (seven pre-recorded and one live, played by Chase),&nbsp;The Holy Liftoffis joined on the program by Riley’s&nbsp;Pulsing Lifters&nbsp;(2022) and&nbsp;Pulsefield&nbsp;3&nbsp;(2025), both expanding the modular, improvisatory spirit of the larger project:&nbsp;Pulsing Lifters&nbsp;reimagined for keyboards by&nbsp;Alex Peh, and&nbsp;Pulsefield 3&nbsp;with its vivid drawings culminating in a return to song—“the oldest and most urgent mode of music-making,” as Chase notes. For this performance, she is joined by&nbsp;Parker Quartet, pianist&nbsp;Alex Peh, saxophonist&nbsp;Neil Leonard, and special guests from the&nbsp;Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute, the&nbsp;Harvard New Music Ensemble, and&nbsp;Students in Contemporary Chamber Music.

Everything Rises: A Journey of Reclamation

Join us for an evening with Davóne Tines and Jennifer Koh, as they discuss their collaborative work&nbsp;Everything Rises. The work is a collective exploration of family history—telling the stories of Koh’s mother, Gertrude Soonja Lee Koh, a refugee from North Korea during the Korean War, and Tines’s grandmother, Alma Lee Gibbs Tines, who holds vivid memories of anti-Black discrimination and violence dating back many years. These experiences—of the artists and their families—are both the inspiration for and subject matter of this project. Developed over multiple years by an all-BIPOC creative team including composer Ken Ueno and director Alexander Gedeon, the project powerfully reclaims Koh and Tines’ narratives about who they are and how they got to where they are now. The evening will include video and performed excerpts of the work.

Density 2036: Anna Thorvaldsdottir's UBIQUE

Wednesday, October 18 at 8:00pm in John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Professor Claire Chase will present Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s UBIQUE (2023). Thorvaldsdottir’s work, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, represents the tenth edition of Chase’s Density 2036 initiative. Hear the Boston premiere of this new evening-length work performed by Chase in collaboration with cellists Katinka Kleijn and Seth Parker Woods and pianist Cory Smythe. There will be a brief onstage conversation with the performers and members of the Harvard New Music Ensemble at the beginning of the performance. Tickets are free and the event is open to the public. More information is available at <a href="http://music.fas.harvard.edu/">http://music.fas.harvard.edu/</a>.

Louis C. Elson Lecture: Jerome Ellis

i﻿s this stutter a black chant offered by the waterside In this improvisational lecture-performance, composer and poet JJJJJerome Ellis will share some of his ongoing research on intersections between music, stuttering, race, and nature. Using piano, saxophone, electronics, and voice, he'll perform excerpts from “Benediction,” a devotional song cycle attending to 18th and 19th century black runaway slaves who stuttered. This lecture-performance is an ongoing attempt to, in the words of critic Hortense Spillers, “hear [slavery’s] stutter more clearly.” “Benediction” appears in Ellis’ new poetry collection, Aster of Ceremonies. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. JJJJJerome Ellis is a proud stutterer. He makes music and writes books. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia with his wife, ecologist-poet Luísa Black Ellis. They like walking in the woods and drinking tea together. T﻿his event is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Music Department and the Sound/Text Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center. T﻿he event will be livestreamed via the <a href="https://youtube.com/live/HUyJLSKj-wg?feature=share">Harvard University Department of Music Youtube Channel</a>.

The Fromm Players at Harvard Present Procession featuring Klangforum Wien

The Fromm Players at Harvard concerts feature performances of works by living and influential composers performed by professional ensembles dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. This year, internationally acclaimed contemporary music ensemble, Klangforum Wien performs two large-scale works by Enno Poppe and Chaya Czernowin. The works are both one hour long; each is a small universe of its own. The superimposition of the two pieces is a provocative offering. Program: ENNO POPPE Prozession CHAYA CZERNOWIN The Fabrication of Light  Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke   FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. Tickets are available at the <a href="https://boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=fromm-players">Harvard Box Office</a> and Music Department. Handling fees apply to online and phone orders.

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