Concerts

Vox Terra

An Evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts featuring  the Third Millennium Ensemble.  The evening brought together works from various composers  illustrate environmental experience for places, wildlife and societal impacts on the earth.   A beautiful partnership of music expressing our partnership with our planet.

A lovely and inspiring concert was begun by percussionist, Bill Richards  who performed  Suomineito for solo vibraphone by NJ Zivkovic.  The Finish title, ‘Suomineito’, is from the language of the ‘Suomi’ People and essentially means, Finish girl.  The work was inspired by a Finish folk song.

Bill Richards on Vibraphone for Vox Terra, an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

Terra Secundum, a piece our very own Jonthan Kolm, includes five movements  that cover the journey through an apocalyptic planet event.  The piece works through, Portal, Fossils, Blackout, Wasteland and Equilibrium.

Jonathan Kolm discussing his work Terra Secundum before it’s performance by the Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.
Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

Barbara Brown did a wonderful rendition of Givanni Sollima’s Lamentatio for solo cello.  What a lovely piece. The work is for cello and human voice.  It includes the vibration of the two as well as a bowing bounced percussion on the strings themselves.  It’s really a wonderful work.

Barbara Brown performs with Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

Barbara, Hui-Chuan Chen and Sally McLain performed Very Angry Birds by Piotr Szewczyk.  A feverishly energetic work for Bass, Piano and Violin.

Sally McLain and Barbara Brown performs with Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.
Sally McLain and Hui-Chuan Chen performing with Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

Pamel Helton Performed Elegy for The Earth for Bass Clarinet and Sound.  It was an amazing work that used whale sounds with emulated whale sounds from the bass clarinet.  Just lovely.

Pamela Helton performs with Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

The final piece of the evening was Music of Amber by Joseph Schwantner.  The work perfectly ended the evening with a journey that took us through the movements Wind, Willow and Whisper, ending with Sanctuary.

The Third Millennium Ensemble performing for Vox Terra: an evening of Environmental Music, Art and Inspiration at The Center for Design, Media and the Arts at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Britt Conley.

We are very lucky to the Third Millennium Ensemble come to our campus.  Please visit www.thridmillenniumensemble.org for more information on upcoming concerts.