Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies
Ticket Price: $40,$15 | 7:00PM
Wheeler Opera House
320 East Hyman Avenue Aspen, CO 81611
Timothy Weiss conductor
Peter Sellars director
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
MATTHEW AUCOIN Music for New Bodies (AMFS co-commission)
With text inspired by poet Jorie Graham and environmentalist Rachel Carson, this new song cycle created by Aucoin and legendary director Peter Sellars has been called “an immersion in vast planetary processes.” Aucoin and Sellars oversee this concert production of this work premiered in April 2024.
In 2024, the Aspen Music Festival and School celebrates its 75th anniversary season.The premier training ground for hundreds of the worlds' most talented young musicians, the AMFS presents hundreds of events during the Festival, which runs June 26 to August 18, 2024. To learn more and for a full season calendar, including daily free events, visit aspenmusicfestival.com/events or contact the AMFS Box Office at 970-925-9042. Tickets on sale in April.