Kathryn will be leading a performance of “Creek” - a new graphic score composition by Deborah Carruthers. The graphic score and accompanying text is meant to let creek tell its story for itself; the score functions as a series of prompts, a structured improvisation, within which the musicians seek ways to voice the creek’s narrative.
That profound environmental changes occur over time is not in question. However, the increasingly accelerated rates of change point to an environment whose balance has shifted towards an inevitably catastrophic decline if left unchecked. creek* asks: how can we prompt a deeper understanding of the intricate relationships in the environment, and what could that understanding contribute to meaningful discussions (and actions) around rapid environmental change?