Music for the End of the World: Messiaen / Normal Mode

Name: Music for the End of the World: Messiaen / Normal Mode
Start: 2026-01-30T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-30T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Alger Park Church

Schedule

Fri Jan 30 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Alger Park Church | Grand Rapids, MI

"What kind of music would you create if you felt like the world was coming to an end?"
This was the question that birthed Music in the Heights's January concert - 'Music for the End of the World'. It's an eclectic and gravity-defying pairing of Oliver Messaien's masterpiece 'Quartet for the End of the Time' (premiered in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1941) and the lo-fi space travel music of Normal Mode (wsg Eric O'Daly). Additional live projection display by Michael Dause.
Quartet for the End of Time will feature:
Chris Martin, violin
Jill Collier, cello
Gary June, clarinet
Brendan Vincent, piano
Free admission.
Doors at 7:00 PM
Come, enjoy the music and be inspired!