The Sound of Trees – May 19, 2:00pm – John R. Park Homestead, 915 Essex County Rd 50, Essex, ON N0R 1G0
Our latest nature awareness concert in collaboration with ERCA. Take a musical stroll through the forest with tree-themed music performed on flute, guitar and harp. Concert followed by a guided forest tour.
Meet the Performers:
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The Sound of Trees – Program
May 19, 2:00-3:00
John R. Park Homestead
“Sprit of Trees”, I. Andante Cantabile – Alan Hovhaness
II. Canon
Mike Mcnamara- guitar, Amy Ley- Harp
“The Woods so Wild” – William Byrd
“Child of Tree” – John Cage
For solo percussion using improvised plant materials
“Light Through the Trees” – Frederic Hand
Nicholas Penny- Viola, Mike McNamara- Guitar, Liesel Deppe – Flute
Reading of “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein with musical composition by Halie Douglas
Liesel Dieppe- Flute, Nicholas Penny- Viola, Amy Ley- Harp
Narrator – TBA
In the Forest from “The harp of Brandiswhiere” – Sylvia Woods
Liesel Deppe-flute, Amy Ley-harp
“The Ash Grove” – trad. Welsh folk tune, arr. Benjamin Britten
Liesel Deppe-flute, Amy Ley- harp
FOLLOWED BY AN ERCA GUIDED FOREST TOUR
