REALIZED: ANIMATING A YOUNG PEOPLE'S TOMORROW
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Many of us were captivated by Sophie Davis and Luke Fatora's animation at the Halcyon Concert.
Take a moment to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pumc0ceENvQ
Then put down your phone or device and enjoy the day.
About the concert:
Join Halcyon and pianist Margarita Rovenskaya for an evening of beautiful music, film, and story. Realized combines Halcyon's stop-motion animations with live string quartet music to imagine our collective future. With animated films and stories inspired by workshops with students from Medomak Valley High School, Realized amplifies the artwork and voices of young people as they reflect on the present and imagine what a resilient, sustainable, and equitable future on this planet could look like 50 years from now. The program will feature Dohnanyi's beloved first Piano Quintet alongside folk tunes and music by Caroline Shaw and Philip Glass. Realized is a creative, honest, and hopeful multimedia program exploring the potential we all have to enact meaningful change in our communities.
ABOUT HALCYON
Halcyon 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. These performances celebrate Maine's ecosystems and reflect on the challenges and opportunities we face in a climate-changed world. They draw attention to the daily rewards, difficult choices, and transforming reality 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 multishow performance projects throughout Maine each year. Their films have been screened at the Maine International Film Festival and Reel Teal Film Festival. For more information about Halcyon and to learn about upcoming performances, visit: halcyonstringquartet.org.
