Sunday, November 7th, 7pm at The Marigny Opera House

On November 7th, Versipel New Music presents “In Sound,” a program designed to immerse the audience in natural, electroacoustic and instrumental sonic landscapes. Electroacoustic works by composers Hildegard Westerkamp and Natasha Barrett showcase the delicate sonic landscapes of melting glaciers and the anthropogenically altered landscape of a beach. Additionally, Matthew Burtner’s “Threnody (Sikuigvik)” will blend the “ecoacoustic” sounds of melting glaciers with the instrumental sounds of the Versipel Collective. The title, “Sikuigvik,” is an Inupiaq word meaning “the time of ice melting” commemorating the loss of glacial ice since the late 1990s. The works by Burtner, Barrett and Westerkamp together highlight an environmental message, by immersing the listener in environments and soundscapes that we are rapidly losing due to climate change. Together, all of these pieces will provide an experience in which the audience is truly immersed “in sound.” The performance will be bookended by two works for large spatially-dispersed chamber ensemble works by composer James Tenney.
Tickets available at the door: $20 adults/ $10 students/seniors / hardship: pay what you can
Marigny Opera House
725 Saint Ferdinand St.
New Orleans, LA 70117
Featuring the Versipel Collective and Friends:
Katalin Lukacs, accordian
Laura Patterson, flute
Byron Asher, clarinet
Ryan Lafleur, bass clarinet
Jeff Albert, trombone
Kari Besharse, guitar
Rick Snow, guitar
Alan Theisen, saxophone
Brina Bourliea, saxophone
Yuki Tanaka, violin
Chloe Groth, violin
Megan Ihnen, viola
Alexandria Smith, trumpet
Annalea Milligan, bassoon
Colin Mills, horn
Philip Schuessler, piano
James May, voice
This concert is supported by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
