Free Program during Free Friday
Join us this Free Friday in the Selma Wolf Black Great Hall for performances of Halcyon’s Listen: a 60-minute multimedia performance that combines live string quartet music synchronized to a stop-motion film.
About Listen
Listen combines Halcyon's live string quartet music with film, community voices, and stop-motion animation. Pairing excerpts from interviews with music and film, the performance reflects on the shared values of finding common ground as we collectively work to strengthen our communities and our relationships with each other and the natural world. Weaving together words from students, educators, artists, loggers, ecologists, and legislators, Listen inspires audiences to make a practice of listening, connecting, and working towards understanding as we move towards building a more just future.
About Halycon
Halycon is a Maine-based artist collective and string quartet that designs and presents multimedia performances that combine live music with science, film, art, and spoken word. While Halcyon's performances are localized in Maine and New England, Halcyon's musicians have taught and performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and at festivals in Europe, Australia, Panama, India, Jordan, and Samoa. Halcyon's performances celebrate Maine's ecosystems and reflect on the challenges and opportunities we face in a climate-changed world. They draw attention to the difficult choices, rewards, and realities facing our communities—acknowledging the need for creative and diverse communication that harnesses the power of cultural traditions, storytelling, music, and visual art to translate numbers and facts into something tangible and human. Halcyon partners with scientists, musicians, artists, and composers to present 4–5 multi-show performance projects throughout Maine each year.
Learn more about Halycon here.
