Keep in touch with AWS Sunday, February 5th, 2:00pm Contemporary Gallery Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis, MN PROGRAM John Luther Adams, Ten Thousand Birds* *written for Alarm Will Sound Conceived, designed, and directed by Alan Pierson Peter Ferry, staging and assistant direction NOTES Ten Thousand Birds is based on the songs of birds […]
Alan Pierson, Alarm Will Sound Artistic Director/conductor, sat down with composer JG Thirwell to talk about Execution, his new work for Alarm Will Sound. Alan: What would be useful for the performers or audience to know before they dive into this piece? Where did the titles come from? What does it mean to you? JG: […]
Keep in touch with AWS Tuesday, January 17th, 7:00pm Sinquefield Music Center The University of Missouri Columbia, MO PROGRAM Jlin arr. Santos, Back Against the Wall Daniel Wohl, Artificial (world premiere) JG Thirlwell, Execution (world premiere) Mvt. I: “Retribution” Mvt. II: “Evolution” Mvt. III: “Involution” Mvt. IV: “Devolution” Chris P. Thompson arr. Brown, Hanabi […]