Unsilent Spring Conversation: Matthew Aucoin, Etienne Charles and Peter Sellars
Event details
- Friday | April 19 | 7:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
- Free of charge, but requires ticket for Etienne Charles Earth Tones
To kick off DACAMERA’s Unsilent Spring weekend, DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg in conversation with trumpeter/composer Etienne Charles – the creator of Earth Tones – and composer Matthew Aucoin and director Peter Sellars – the creators of Music for New Bodies.
This program is supported by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this conversation do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Recommended Concerts
Etienne Charles “Earth Tones”
- Friday | April 19 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
For Unsilent Spring, Etienne Charles unveils his newest multimedia creation, Earth Tones, employing sounds, stories, images and film and incorporating musical idioms from at-risk coastal communities.
Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars “Music for New Bodies”
- Saturday | April 20 | 8:00 PM
- Brockman Hall for Opera, Rice University
For Unsilent Spring, a major new work and exciting first collaboration between the brilliant young composer Matthew Aucoin and legendary director Peter Sellars, a 360-degree portrait of the moment we are living in, a piece that brings together questions of environmental responsibility, scientific progress and the ethics of humanity’s questionable quest to surpass the human.