AIR Annual Resilience Theme series: Watershed Soundscape featuring Faculty Artists

music + art + landscape

Saturday, November 9, 2024  |  3PM  |  Empire Ranch

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Sonoita, AZ

Join us in the historic Adobe Hay Barn at Empire Ranch for a multidisciplinary concert experience exploring the sounds of our watershed. Situated within the spectacular landscape of Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, this unique event kicks off the Watershed Soundscape project, supported by the 2024-2025 AIR Annual Resilience Theme Award. air.arizona.edu/watershedsoundscape

• world premiere of a new multimedia piece inspired by the soundscape of Las Cienegas, by composer Carolina Heredia and visual artist Heather Bird Harris
• performances by UA School of Music faculty artists

• readings by Alison Hawthorne Deming and Gretchen Henderson

In addition to attending the 3PM concert, you may want to “choose your own adventure” to experience more of the Las Cienegas landscape:

• Register for Cienega Watershed Partnership’s Connecting with the Land event

• Take the Cienega Watershed Tour –– a self-guided, GPS-activated driving audio tour of the landscape

• Visit Sonoita-Elgin wine country

Philip Alejo, bass

Cassandra Bendickson, bassoon

Elena Chernova-Davis, violin

Alison Hawthorne Deming, poet

Sara Fraker, oboe

Jackie Glazier, clarinet

Gretchen Henderson, poet

Ivan Ugorich, viola