Organized By Lake Harriet Spiritual Community (LHSC)
4401 Upton Ave S,Minneapolis (44.923259, -93.314885)
Led by Acclaimed Saxophonist David Milne! One World Consort -- Earth Day Concert April 27th, 7:30 pm at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community MOTHER EARTH is a musical plea for world unity that celebrates both the diversity and shared influences of indigenous music from several different countries. Ethnic music, folk songs, and ancient works dating back as far as the 13th century are joined together in this contemporary chamber music setting.” - Fred Sturm, Composer/Arranger March 1, Minneapolis, MN. Friends of the One World Consort are pleased to announce a special Earth Day celebration concert featuring Mother Earth, composed and arranged by Fred Sturm and performed by the One World Consort, on April 27 at 7:30 pm at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community, 4401 Upton Ave South in Minneapolis' Linden Hills neighborhood. Led by acclaimed saxophonist/educator David Milne, the One World Consort is a double quartet merging a classical string quartet and jazz quartet playing a repertoire of ethnic world folk music transcribed for this ensemble. The One World Consort seeks to promote the preservation of Earth's natural resources and the indigenous music traditions of world cultures. Fred Sturm, noted composer, arranger and director of Jazz Studies at the Lawrence Conservatory, based Mother Earth on his earlier work, Migrations: One World, Many Musics, commissioned and performed by Bobby McFerrin, Original Artists (New York), and the NDR Big Band (Hamburg) in a concert tour of Europe and at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2008. David Milne performed the American premiere of Mother Earth on Earth Day 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with the One World Consort, which will now celebrate Earth Day 2014. Mother Earth features Sturm’s work with indigenous folk music from throughout the world, based on ethnomusicological research, transcriptions of authentic field recordings, and subsequent arranging, orchestration, and in many cases “re-composition” of the original music. One World Consort presents music from a spectrum of world traditions and cultures, including Appalachia, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Celtic Traditions, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Native American Traditions, Republic of Congo, Scandinavian Traditions, and Tibet. The ensemble's concerts feature additional compositions and arrangements by David Milne, Mary Louise Knutson, Laura Caviani, Astor Piazzolla, Bela Bartok, Jim Pepper, and more. Members of the One World Consort include jazz artists David Milne (soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, concert flute, wood/bamboo flutes, penny whistle, low whistle, ocarina, fujara and kaval); Mary Louise Knutson (piano); Eric Graham (acoustic and electric bass); and Craig Hara (drumset, percussion, wavedrum), and members of the Four Voices String Quartet-- Laurie Petruconis and Allison Ostrander (violin); Susan Janda (viola); and Rebecca Arons (cello). Tickets for the One World Consort's "Mother Earth Concert" will be available at the door ($10; $8 students). An informal reception to "meet the artists" will be held following the concert. Doors at 7 pm, concert begins at 7:30 pm. For more information about the One World Consort and Mother Earth, visit www.oneworldconsort.com