Join us for the “Alaskan Landscapes” main stage concert at the Anchorage Museum, a one-of-a-kind concert experience integrating an impeccably curated selection of modern musical masterworks with live painting and references to the museum’s collection of sculpture, crafted objects, and art.
This year’s collaborative artist, the Juneau phenom Crystal Worl, will create visual works as outstanding chamber musicians from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest perform a compelling collection of music by living composers including several masterworks by women and Indigenous artists.
Free and open to the public with registration
Program:
Caroline Shaw (Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner), Limestone & Felt for marimba & viola
Jacob Druckman (Pulitzer Prize winner), Reflections on the Nature of Water (1-4) for solo marimba
Joan Tower (Grawemeyer Award and Grammy Award winner), Rising for flute and string quartet
Nancy Ives (Grammy-nominated), Black Snow, Dark Ocean for cello
Matthew Burtner (Alaskan-born, Emmy Award winner), Wooden Dance in 14 Time for viola & electronics
Karen Tanaka (Gaudeamus Prize winner), Frozen Horizon for flute, string quartet, bass, percussion
Performers: Amelia Lukas, Flute (Powell Flutes Artist); Marcio Candido and Dawn Lindsay, Violin; Miriam Ward, Viola; Katherine Schultz, Cello; Jonathan Ward, Percussion
Featured Visual Artist: Crystal Worl
Crystal Kaakeeyáa Rose Demientieff Worl is Tlingit Athabascan from Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the Raven House. She is Deg Hit’an Athabascan from Fairbanks Alaska. Crystal works in printmaking, painting, and public art. She practices the recreation and modernization of her Clan’s stories and Raven stories from home. Her work explores the relationships and bonds between her people, the land, and the animals. She is the recipient of several awards, including Koahnic Broadcast Station- Emerging Artist, Alaska Native Artist Spotlight and Alaska Federation of Natives, Lu Young Youth Leadership Award.