La Nature de l’Eau: Premieres Celebrating Earth and Spirit May 3 & 4, 2025
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La Nature de l’Eau: Premieres Celebrating Earth and Spirit May 3 & 4, 2025

Experience the power and poetry of nature through music at La Nature de l’Eau, presented by the Chœur Classique de l’Outaouais under the direction of Tiphaine Legrand. Taking place at Église Saint-François de Sales in Gatineau, Québec, this stunning concert features the world premiere of Sister Water, a luminous Missa Brevis for choir, piano, and percussion, alongside the Canadian premiere of Wind and Rain. Join us Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 PM or Sunday, May 4 at 3:30 PM for an unforgettable musical journey inspired by earth’s elemental beauty.

Redemption Center
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The Redemption Center – Choral Reading 

Join composer Glenn McClure and director Brian Stevens for a choral reading of Glenn’s new opera The Redemption Center: Sometimes You Get More than 5 Cents. This developing project takes on the paralysis and pessimism of climate anxiety with a romping gospel/jazz musical score. It explores the big questions about how we see our relationship to the natural world. The…

Redemption Center
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Environmental Redemption in the Arts and Humanities

One of the greatest joys of teaching at Paul Smith’s College over the last few years has been to learn my way through the emerging field of Environmental Humanities. Many of you know how much authors like Dante, Chaucer, Galileo, Shelly, Dario, and more have molded and shaped my musical life. The increasing urgency of…