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Join composer, Bryan Kostors for a discussion on the inspiration and creation of Standing Dead for wind ensemble and live video.
The term “standing dead” refers to dead trees that are left upright after a forest fire event. These skeletal groves are a visual marker of a fire’s path. As forest fire events become more common, larger, and more devastating with climate change, these dead forests also become reminders of humanity’s impact on the environment and landscape.This piece, along with its accompanying visual media, is a document of forest fire in our current time. -Bryan Kostors
Voices for a Livable Future
Abby Huseth, Climate Smart Missoula
Winona Bateman, Families for a Livable Climate
Renewal for quartet and sinfonietta
by Viet Cuong
Percussion Ensemble - Robert LedBetter, Willie Baltz, Loren Lauridson & Tyler Ulrich
UM Faculty & Student Sinfonietta, James Smart, conductor
Living with fire in the West: A Faustian tale
Solomon Dobrowski, Professor of Forest Landscape EcologyW.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation
Standing Dead for wind ensemble and live projections
composed by Bryan Kostors
filmed by Danny Corey
performed by the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble
James Smart, conductor
world premiere performance
After Losing the Natural World
Christopher Preston, Professor of Philosophy
College of Humanities and Sciences
The Automatice Earth for wind ensemble & electronics
by Steven Bryant
performed by the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble
James Smart, conductor