The Seattle Symphony’s three-year Native Lands Project aims to build cultural understanding through the creation of new music by the Seattle Symphony and tribal nations in the Puget Sound region. In photo: Native flutist Paul “Che oke ten” Wagner and Seattle Symphony musicians perform on March 14, 2015 at the East Shore Unitarian Church.
Many U.S. orchestras are named for their hometowns— but how often does their music reflect the spirit of their homes? Many new works evoke the histories, geographies, and life stories of the places where orchestras and their communities live.
Home Robert Wade
SOUNDS OF
by Donald Rosenberg
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symphony
SUMMER 2015