New York, NY

Lincoln Center & Central Park, presented by Juilliard

 
 

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Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a free, GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and sound artist Ellen Reid, the experience is guided by the listener: the path you choose dictates the music you hear, and no two visits will be exactly the same. 

After installing the free app and downloading the Lincoln Center & Central Park SOUNDWALK, participants can explore the Lincoln Center Campus and Central Park's entire 840 acres (connected via both 63rd St and Broadway) triggering musical cells that were carefully crafted to harmonize with the park's landscape.  

SOUNDWALK will be available in Lincoln Center and Central Park free of charge through 2026.

 

New York, NY - Lincoln Center & Central Park
presented by Juilliard

Ellen Reid, Composer and Sound Designer

Music performed by:
Musicians of the Juilliard School
SOUNDWALK Ensemble
Young People's Chorus of New York City 

SOUNDWALK Ensemble:
Alex Sopp, flute
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Rachel Drehmann, horn
Riley Mulherkar, trumpet
Sidney Hopson, percussion
Kyle Poole, drums
Ashley Jackson, harp
Mathis Picard, piano
Ellen Reid, synthesizer 
Eliza Bagg, voice
Mona Tian, violin
Nadia Sirota, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Russell Hall, bass

Poetry by Members of
the Young People's Chorus of New York City: 
Margaret Eisenberg
Adedayo Perkovich
Jainoir Richardson
Skye Tarshis

Creative Team
Eclipse Projects - Producer
ECHOES.XYZ - App Design and Development
Playtime Studio, Los Angeles - Art
Daniel Neumann - Audio Engineer
Nadia Sirota - Recording Producer 
Dante Green - Assistant Sound Designer (Central Park)
Rebecca Jacobs - Curatorial Advisor (Central Park)

Juilliard Team
Damian Woetzel - President
Kathryn Kozlark - Artistic Producer and Director for Creative Enterprise
Brandon Neal - Senior Producer, Creative Enterprise
Nadia Sirota - Creative Associate at Large
Rosalie Contreras - Vice President of Public Affairs
Allegra Thoresen - Director of Communications
Tamara Vallejos - Director of Marketing
Grace Nagelvoort - Marketing Project Manager, Public Affairs
HaleyJane Rose - Social Media and Content Manager

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK Lincoln Center & Central Park presented by Juilliard is made possible in part by Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation.

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK was co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Mann Center for the Performing Arts in association with The Fairmount Park Conservancy, and the Britt Festival Orchestra.

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is made possible in part by the support of Mindscapes, Wellcome’s international cultural program about mental health.

Lincoln Center premiere
presented by The Juilliard School
Damian Woetzel, President
Launched April 2024
Lincoln Center, New York City

Central Park premiere
presented by the New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director
Launched September 2020
Central Park, New York City

Curated by Juilliard Arnhold Creative Associate at Large Nadia Sirota (BM ’04, MM ’06, viola; faculty) and produced through Juilliard’s Creative Enterprise department, which has multidisciplinary collaborations at the core of its mission.

Ellen Reid Music (ASCAP)

Ellen Reid’s music is exclusively published by Chester Music, part of the Wise Music Group.

All music ©2020-2024 Ellen Reid except as noted

JUILLIARD GARDEN and ILLUMINATION LAWN
located in Central Park’s Shakespeare Garden, and Lincoln Center’s Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Lawn

East St Louis Toodle-Oo
By Duke Ellington
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

String Quartet Op. 132
By Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

Symphony No. 7
By Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling
By Clara Schumann
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

Ouverture, no. 2, op. 13
By Jean-Marie Leclair
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

Suite from The Firebird
By Igor Stravinsky
Performed by musicians of the Juilliard School

 

Land Acknowledgement 
The team behind SOUNDWALK gratefully acknowledges that, as we gather in Central Park, we are on the lands of the Lenape. Native communities have remained present and have thrived here in Mannahatta in spite of centuries of settler colonial violence perpetrated against their lives and livelihoods. We recognize and respect the historical Indigenous inhabitants of this land, as well as Native communities across the Americas.