Noon Hour Concert: Hearing the Desert

This concerts features a world premiere – Kalahari Suite for cello, piano, and vocals, focused on Kalahari animals small and large – meerkat, African wild cat, cheetah, brown hyena, lioness and more – plus recent choral pieces, Desert Gloria and Desert Alleluia.   “The desert always pulls me in due to its pristine starkness, relentless heat, its pains, and its exquisite beauty.  Finding the desert's song is an ongoing quest and passion.  While in the Kalahari from October – December, 2023, this song came to me as an endless barrage of tunes and rhythms, forming the core of this concert,” she says.  Carol Ann Weaver, composer/pianist/soundscape artist, will be joined by Ben Bolt-Martin, cellist, Mary-Catherine Pazzano, vocalist, and members of Grebel Chapel Choir conducted by Kate Steiner.

Admission to the noon hour concert series is free.