SANTA FE, NM: How does a painting sound? How do line and shape, color and texture, mood and compositional relationships translate into music? Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant, violinist Carla Kountoupes, clarinetist Jerry Weimer, and cellist Katie Harlow for a musical exploration of an imaginative, gestural painting by Sophie von Hellermann. During the program, Oliver will lead the audience in an interactive exploration of the painting, as he and the musicians turn participants’ thoughts and impressions into musical ideas. At the end of the evening, the musicians will create an original composition using the painting as a musical score, from which Oliver will conduct. 

“What makes Discovering programs so special is the participation of the audience,” said Prezant. “As we explore together, the relationship between the audience, the painting, and the music deepens. Everyone has been a part of the creative process by the time we create a full-fledged musical interpretation of the painting at the end of the program.”

The program takes place on Tuesday, September 10, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Muñoz Waxman Gallery at CCA, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, in Santa Fe.

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Special thanks to Tia Collection and Pilar Corrias, London, for permission to use Ms. Hellermann's painting for this program.

Art Image: Sophie von Hellermann, Mid Flight, 2023. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Courtesy of the Artist and Pilar Corrias, London. Photo by Emily Cheng.

Program and artists subject to change. 

This event is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.