SANTA FE, NM: What is the music of poetry? How can the rhythm of language and the imagery in a poem be translated into music? And what if the music were to act as a counterpoint, a contradiction, or a commentary, adding value and nuance of its own?

Join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant, and improvising musicians Carla Kountoupes, violin; Jerry Weimer, clarinet; and Katie Harlow, cello, for a poetry reading by New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, and a musical exploration of one of her poems.

During the program, Lauren will read for us, and Oliver and the musicians will create music based on the sound, the language, and the imagery of the poems, as well as your thoughts and impressions, culminating in a musical interpretation of the poem.

The program takes place on Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.,
Muñoz Waxman Gallery at CCA, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, in Santa Fe.

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Program and artists subject to change.

Photo credit: Bob Godwin.

Discovering the Music of Poetry is a presentation of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.