Hauck Concert Series: The Shape of Sound

Throughout our history, humans have sought to connect with nature on a deep, emotional level–and music is one way we do so. This touchpoint with the natural world can help us to reconnect to ourselves and others and to better comprehend the interconnectedness of our life on Earth. Just as a garden’s rich tapestry of sights, sounds, smells, and textures can inspire and engage our senses, music captures our auditory sense through its melodies and rhythms, creating a powerful emotional impact. Together, the visual beauty of nature and the evocative power of music create a multi-sensory experience that is stimulating and deeply enjoyable. We’re thrilled to collaborate once again with artistic director Krista Cornish Scott, local music professionals, and the vast student talent coming through the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) to offer our four-part series of musical performances based around Hauck Botanic Garden and the CGC’s mission to build community through gardening, education, and environmental stewardship. This partnership brings carefully curated, place-based performances to the CGC audience while showcasing the wealth of musical talent in Cincinnati and offering CCM students and young professionals unique, nature-focused opportunities to program and perform. Concert 2: The Shape of Sound R. Murray Schafer was a Canadian composer, educator, and environmentalist who favored graphic notation, representing his compositions using symbols and forms that look very little like traditional music notation. He also founded the field of acoustic ecology or soundscape studies, which examines how sound mediates the relationship between humans and their environments—in fact, World Listening Day is his birthday. This ecologically themed choral concert will explore Schafer’s music and the experience of representing sound in visual form. The event will include an introductory lecture by CCM professor and leading Schafer scholar L. Brett Scott, and audience members will have the opportunity to create their own visual soundscape. COST: Special series pricing is available through the end of November ($125 for all four concerts). After that, tickets will be available for individual purchase ($35).