Western Symphony Orchestra: Davids, Vaughan Williams, and Still

Name: Western Symphony Orchestra: Davids, Vaughan Williams, and Still
Start: 2024-11-15T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Performing Arts Center Western Washington University

Schedule

Fri Nov 15 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Performing Arts Center Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA

Please join the Western Symphony Orchestra for its first performance of the 2024-25 season in an exploration of the concept of indigenousness—or belonging to a place. The program opens with the Mohican composter Brent Michael Davids’s "Indigenous/Undigenous II," written in tribute to the Lenape people of the eastern United States and featuring spoken lines of text in their native language. The WSO is then joined by the acclaimed Western Concert Choir for the stunningly beautiful "Serenade to Music" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Here Vaughan Williams, perhaps the most British of British composers, sets excerpts from Shakespeare, arguably the most foundational of British writers. Closing the program is the monumental Fourth Symphony of William Grant Still. Nicknamed the “Autochthonous” (the Greek equivalent of “indigenous”) by its composer, the symphony weaves together a plurality of American musical styles into a cohesive tapestry that could only have originated from this cultural soil.

Program:
- Brent Michael Davids: "Indigenous/Undigenous II"
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music" (with WWU Concert Choir)
- William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4 (“Autochthonous”)
Admissions
- Free for Students and Youth under 18 (Ticket Required)
- $5 - WWU Employees
- $15 - General Admission