What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
Issue link: http://www.epageflip.net/i/1457097
freedom to play each pattern however they would like. "The score has 53 patterns provided by the composer. Each pattern, the performers can repeat as many times as they would like, and they can move on to the next pattern whenever they like. So it's very independent in that way, almost like improv style," she goes on. "But each time they change something — each time they repeat or each time they move on to the next pattern — it changes the effect or the sound of the whole ensemble. So I can see the relation between this piece and the theme, in terms of everybody is individually playing their part. But together, their sound actually affects the whole ensemble sound. Just like the interdependence theme." The 1964 composition was written by Terry Riley, whom Loungsangroong describes as one of the "most famous minimalist music figures in the states. 'In C' is one of the earliest pieces for this style, for this genre of music," she shares. "The score calls for 35 musicians. It can be smaller, it can be larger, but the composer thinks 35 layers of sound would be the best number for the ensemble. It can consist of any instruments, and can also be joined by a vocalist as well." For the festival, Loungsangroong enlisted the help of Katy Henriksen of the Trillium Salon Series to connect with musicians in the community. She says this is the largest musical performance that she has arranged in her career. "I am very grateful that we have partnered with the Trillium Salon Series because [Henriksen] has a really great connection with local musicians who are not only traditional, conventional classical musicians, but more experienced in experimental music, so she can connect and invite those musicians to join." Loungsangroong adds: "I think this is a great opportunity for NWACC students to meet professionals in the area, so they can make connections and network." Henriksen will host the performance and was integral in syncing up the event. In her work with Trillium Salon Series, she seeks to help the audience connect with the music. The theme of interdependence naturally aligns with her organization as well. "Trillium's mission is to connect our community and whether that's through connecting the musicians or connecting people who appreciate live music, to create community, that's what it's all about," Henriksen explains. "I thought it was a perfect chance for Trillium to really use that mission to produce something large scale. Also because the work is such a seminal piece of minimalist music. It was such a great opportunity to bring the community together through music." www.malco.com www.malco.com www.malco.com www.malco.com www.malco.com 6 WHAT'S UP! MARCH 6-12, 2022 FYI Trillium Salon Series FYI Spring Arts and Culture Festival Highlights Megan Looney-Hollingsworth, co-chairperson for the Spring Arts and Culture Festival, says there are more than 45 virtual and online events this year. Here is a short list of what she's looking forward to: March 7 — Nationally acclaimed writer and artist Lauren Redniss will give a talk titled "The Intersection between Art, Science and Storytelling" at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The research for her books leads her to the far reaches of the globe, and she has interviewed atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima, weapon specialists in the Nevada desert, a lighthouse keeper in the foggiest place on Earth, lightning strike victims, and the scientists who run the "Doomsday Vault" in the Arctic and more, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free but tickets required at crystal- bridges.org. March 8 — Refugee Camps in America? Fort Chaffee and U.S. Refugee Policy Past and Present. Who is a refugee? Who determines this status? And how does it change over time? Using the arrival of Vietnamese refugees in Fort Chaffee in 1975 as an entry point, Dr. Jana K. Lipman, professor of history at Tulane University, will address these questions, 10:30-11:45 a.m. via Zoom. March 8 — A Conversation with Local Brewers will explore the relationship between brewer- ies and the communities that they're in, 6:30 p.m., Bentonville Brewing Co., 901 S.W. 14th St. in Bentonville. March 9 — Interdependence Through the Lenses: Three award-winning photographers — Ebony Blevins, a Black photog- rapher from Little Rock; Carmen Carcoma, a Latinx photog- rapher from Springdale; and Cody Hammer, an Indigenous photographer from Oklahoma — will discuss how their cultures support and are featured in their work, noon to 1:15 p.m., Integrated Design Lab 122 on the NWACC campus. March 11 — Build a Bed for a Child in Need in partnership with the Northwest Arkansas chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, 9 a.m. to noon, Integrated Design Lab 132, NWACC campus. INFO — nwacc.edu/springartscul- turalfestival "Part of Trillium's mission is to connect our community and whether that's through connecting the musicians or connecting people who appreciate live music to create community, that's what it's all about," says Katy Henriksen, who is the founding director of Trillium Salon Series. Henriksen was formerly the producer and host for "Of Note" on KUAF 91.3FM, which featured two hours of handpicked classical music and conversations about the arts. Henriksen's mission is to break down barriers for people who feel intimi- dated by a lack of knowledge about classical or experimental music. She has a TEDx Talk titled, "How to feel more human by connecting through music," in which she expounds upon this concept as well at youtu.be/ SGXwXYGgItE. "Trillium is set up a little bit differ- ently than a normal concert," she explains. "We do that on purpose to make sure that the audience and the performers are actually interacting and engaging with each other. One of the things I do before Trillium is kind of set the tone and do a nice intro, and let people know that it's about connecting directly with the music. So, it's a little bit different than a bunch of people seated in a black box theater with the performer on the stage." Trillium will host experimental percussionist Jon Mueller on his After- life Cartoons tour for the next show. "He makes it all turn into this really magical, rhythmic pulsing minimal- ism," says Henriksen. Mueller's show is 7 p.m. March 14 inside Millar Lodge on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. Suggested donation to this all-ages show is $15. INFO — trilliumsalonseries.com. NWACC Continued From Page 5 BENTONVILLE