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Close to the Earth: Music For Our Changing Climate

Brooklyn Art Haus
Jan 31 Through Feb 01 | Fri | 7:30 PM | $20
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Close to the Earth: Music For Our Changing Climate at Brooklyn Art Haus
"CLOSE TO THE EARTH: Music For Our Changing Climate" is the latest exciting collaboration between Upstate NY composers Anthime Miller and Catherine Reid about the unique effects of climate change on the Adirondack Park.

The piece will have its New York City premiere January 31st at 7:30 PM and February 1st at 2:00 PM at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg.

Originally conceived in the fall of 2023 and premiered this fall at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York, "CLOSE TO THE EARTH" is a public workshop of musical material developed by Miller and Reid after dozens of hours of interviewing scientists, activists and other stakeholders.

Over the course of 2024, they crafted a piece of mixed media chamber music for cello, voice, piano and electronics that will explore different elements of Adirondack Park ecosystems - be it the ambient noise of birdsong and cicada, to the power effects of food-chain disruption - and how it is threatened by climate change.

This workshop is part of the process of developing an interdisciplinary dance piece with dancers Stephen Satterfield (Les Grands Ballets de Montréal) & Lucy Reid, with an expected premiere in Spring of 2026.

$20 General Admission

Friday, January 31st at 7:30 PM Saturday, February 1st at 2 PM

Brooklyn Art Haus 24 Marcy Avenue Brooklyn, NY

Anthime Miller is a cellist, singer, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn. They are the composer-in-residence for Circle Theater of New York (CTNY) and SMPL MCHN, as well as a frequent collaborator with the Théâtre National du Luxembourg. Anthime is a close collaborator with fellow Glens Falls native composer Catherine Reid. Their first collaboration was “Holding It All: A Collaborative Oratorio” based of the poetry of local author and activist Bernice Mennis , followed by another co-written piece about essential workers and the pandemic - “What Their Eyes Have Seen”. Anthime is the founder and co-producer of Brooklyn’s premiere live-scored silent film series Resounding Silents, an in-house series at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg, currently in their first full season of programming. Anthime is the Principal Cellist of the Regina Opera Company, Protestra, and a section cellist in the City Lyric Opera, New Amsterdam Opera, Greenwich Village Orchestra as is a frequent performer with many other orchestras and chamber ensembles in the North Eastern United States and Western Europe. For full bio visit www.anthimemiller.com

Catherine Reid‘s compositions include operas, musicals, oratorios, cabarets, plays with music, dance pieces, instrumental pieces ranging from one instrument to full orchestra as well as vocal pieces ranging from solo to large chorus. Her music has been performed throughout the USA, primarily in NYC and the Capital region. She has also music directed over 100 musicals, including many original musicals that students created under her direction as well as orchestrated or created arrangements for music in all styles. She has written for the Glens Falls Symphony and worked on many projects with Laura Roth. Nearby Faraway, a musical about Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe with book and lyrics by Neal Herr and music by Catherine, enjoyed a full production in Lake George in 2022. She has collaborated with Anthime Miller on several projects including “Holding it All”, “What Their Eyes Have Seen” , and “Close to the Earth”. For more, visit www.reidmusic.org

Venue: Brooklyn Art Haus

24 Marcy Avenue Map
518-683-3480