Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

presented by
the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in association with Fairmount Park Conservancy

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK Fairmount Park

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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 Fairmount Park SOUNDWALK, participants can explore the park, triggering musical cells that are carefully crafted to harmonize with the park’s landscape and attractions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

presented by
the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in association with Fairmount Park Conservancy

Ellen Reid, Composer and Sound Designer

Music performed by:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
SOUNDWALK Ensemble

The Philadelphia Orchestra:
Patrick Williams, Olivia Staton, flutes
Ricardo Morales, Paul Demers, clarinets
Jennifer Montone, Christopher Dwyer, horns
David Bilger, Jeffrey Curnow, trumpets
Don Liuzzi, percussion
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Paul Roby, Dara Morales,
Amy Oshiro-Morales, violins
Judy Geist, Marvin Moon,
David Nicastro, violas
Richard Harlow, Gloria dePasquale,
Ohad Bar-David, cellos

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

Creative Team
Eclipse Projects - Producer
THE OFFICE performing arts + film - Producing Consultant
ECHOES.XYZ - App Design and Development
Playtime Studio, Los Angeles - Art
Daniel Neumann - Audio Engineer
Nadia Sirota - Remote Recording Producer

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

Additional local funding for this project is provided to the Mann for the installation in part by the PNC Foundation through the PNC Arts Alive initiative.

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Ellen Reid Music (ASCAP) Worldwide rights administered by Soundrights Music (ASCAP), a division of Modern Works Music Publishing

All music ©2020-2021 Ellen Reid

Land Acknowledgment
The team behind SOUNDWALK gratefully acknowledges that the land on which we gather in Fairmount Park are the ancestral lands of the Lenni Lenape people, whose presence and resilience in Pennsylvania continue to this day. We recognize and respect the historical Indigenous inhabitants of this land, as well as Native communities across the Americas.