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Sound Soils Stwrd welcomes singer-songwriter @joanjoysing and violinist/composer @brianfiddle for the 3rd installment of the concert series. On Friday, September 20th at 7 pm the two up-and-coming artists will perform individual sets of music, reflecting on grief, hardship, and steadfast hope. Read more
Sounds Soil Stwrd presents
Brian Urra
Film “From Atacama to the dark corners of the galaxy”
The Infinity
The Infinity is one of the six movements of a suite called “Agujeros Negros”/ “Black Wholes” written for Violin Solo, Orchestra+ Jazz trio. The film enhances a view of black holes from the desert to Atacama, Chile by integrating scientific research on black holes, footage of the Atacama Desert, Chilean folkloric music elements, and different techniques and orchestration in the compositions. The music follows the form of an orchestral suite with six movements. “Agujeros negros”, (Black Holes), “Altiplano”, “Salar de Tara”, “Stellar Sky”, “The Infinity”, and Black Holes, a graphic score. Each movement is created to portray my roots in relationship with the topic of Black Holes, "ferocious monsters of space and time", through the Folkloric rhythms from Chile, Improvisation, Global Jazz concepts, Symphonic sounds, and Zero Gravity, a concept that explores the singularity, infinite, and multidimensional experience of performing music without an agenda.
Fernando Izaurieta, “Agujeros negros” (Santiago, Chile: Editorial Planeta Chilena S.A, 2021)
Conan O’Brien at the Newport Folk Festival
Berklee Instant Strings
A group of Berklee students performed during the final set of the Newport Folk Festival 2024, sharing the stage with the American television host, comedian, writer, and producer, Conan O’Brien presenting “Conan O’Brien and Real Musicians.” Read more