The Urban Ecosystem
About this Event
The Urban Ecosystem is a collaboration between Seattle-based composer Jessi Harvey, the Twin City’s own 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective, and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Long-Term Ecological Research (MSP-LTER) program, a group of over 100 researchers, students, artists, and community organizers from the University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas, and other local institutions. They are studying the ecological structure and functioning of urban nature, including pollinators, urban forests, urban watersheds, and lakes and streams.
This performance brings ecological research to life through music and visuals. It explores how plants, animals, and humans interact with each other in the lakes, forests, and grasslands that make up our local, urban ecosystem. The piece consists of an 8-movement composition, with one movement for each of the MSP-LTER’s fields of research and one to unite them together. The piece is composed for a mixed chamber quintet – percussion, violin, cello, and double bass – and set to a video background. It evokes each distinct branch of the MSP-LTER’s research, from different urban habitats to contaminants and governance.
Members of the MSP-LTER’s research teams will be present before the concert with hands-on activities that illustrate the science behind The Urban Ecosystem.
Agenda
Concert begins!
Host: 10th Wave
Info: Doors open 1 hour prior to each event (Thursday doors at 6pm, Sunday doors at 4:30pm) Pre-concert activities: participants can visit with MSP-LTER researchers and with each other. The concert run-time is 60 minutes followed by an opportunity to connect with researchers and musicians afterward.
This is an in-person event at the Bell Museum.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 23.18
