Begun by composer Stephen Lias in 2012 Composing in the Wilderness is a “shared wilderness experience for adventurous composers at all levels.”
Participants spend two weeks in the wilds of Alaska drawing from that inspiration to write a new piece that will be performed at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.
Applications for 2021 close on November 1st, 2020. Apply here
MUSIC
Denali by Stephen Lias (excerpt)
Performed by the Russian String Orchestra
Where the River Flows by Simon Eastwood
Performed by:
Katie Cox – flute; Mara Mayer – clarinet; Andie Springer – violin; Maria Jeffers – cello; Joe Bergen – percussion
Postcards from Denali by Dawn Sonntag
mvmt 1: Braided River
mvmt 2: Upon Seeing Caribou Grazing on a Mountainside
Performed by:
Lucie Zálesaková, Margaret Bichteler, violin; Shelley Mathewson, viola; Katherine Schultz, violoncello
Denali by Stephan Lias (complete)
Performed by the Russian String Orchestra
Silk by Shelley Washington
Performed by Bearthoven
Triptych for Two by Simon Eastwood