CLOSE QUARTERS: EPISODE 12
Beyond the Horizon
Virtual Event
For the second episode of her Close Quarters musical curation, composer Jessie Montgomery is working directly with Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard to craft an original work of video art incorporating the composer’s brilliant and eclectic program with cinematic footage of the orchestra. Isabel Leonard makes her directorial debut with this episode of Close Quarters.
“The works [on this program] represent a wide range of the American concert music tradition from the lens of Black composers, including influences of jazz harmonies and rhythm, extensions of European modernism with graphic notation, and the idea that the interplay between the player and the listener is dynamic, spontaneous, and reflects agency and purpose.”
— Jessie Montgomery, composer + curator
Join the pre-broadcast discussion with Christopher Rountree, Isabel Leonard and Nadia Sirota. RSVP here.
‘Beyond The Horizon’ is co-sponsored by Howard + Judith Jelinek and Ruth Eliel + Bill Cooney. Additional support for this program comes from Raulee Marcus.
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ABOUT CLOSE QUARTERS
LACO’s new premium streaming series – returning March 12 – presents a new avenue for classical music and a unique look at what the future can hold in balancing music, art and movement.
Close Quarters features classical music performances set to images and art created and processed in a first-of-its-kind digital studio at Wilhardt + Naud. Music Director Jaime Martín and Director and Designer James Darrah seek to create a digital series that celebrates collaboration in an age of isolation.
Learn More about Close Quarters
Close Quarters is a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra original series and you can find it for free on Youtube, Facebook and our website. We’ve created a printer-friendly version of the Spring season broadcast schedule.