San Francisco, California

featuring Kronos Quartet
in Golden Gate Park

Presented by the KRONOS FESTIVAL in association with McEvoy Foundation for the Arts.

 
Kronos-Festival-Logo-with-dates-1536x905.jpeg

Click To Enlarge

 
 

Active Now!

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

 

San Francisco, California

Ellen Reid, Composer and Sound Designer

Music performed by:
Kronos Quartet
SOUNDWALK Ensemble

Presented in Golden Gate Park by the KRONOS FESTIVAL in association with McEvoy Foundation for the Arts.

Kronos Quartet: 
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello

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


Creative Team
Eclipse Projects - Producer
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 New York Philharmonic, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in association with 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.

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK in Golden Gate Park is presented by the KRONOS FESTIVAL in association with McEvoy Foundation for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Ann Hatch, Andrea Lunsford, Sumiko Ito & Don Allison, and Curtis Smith & Sue Threlkeld.

Kronos Performing Arts Association:
Janet Cowperthwaite, Executive Director
Mason Dille, Development Manager
Dana Dizon, Business Manager
Sarah Donahue, Operations Manager
Reshena Liao, Creative Projects Manager
Nikolás Ixyar McConnie-Saad, Artistic Administrator
Kären Nagy, Strategic Initiatives Director

Special Thanks to Nonesuch Records

McEvoy Arts' related exhibition Next to You (May 28 – December 4, 2021), celebrates the joy, vitality, and healing power of the performing arts through partnerships and events with dynamic Bay Area cultural organizations.

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

All music ©2020-2021 Ellen Reid except as noted

So Much On My Soul was commissioned by Young People's Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Núñez, Founder/Artistic Director, as part of Vocal Resolutions: Shaping Perceptions through Music

KRONOS QUARTET EASTER EGGS

West Coast Sky Forever
Composed by Ellen Reid
Performed by Kronos Quartet

An Buachaillín Bán (The Fair-Haired Boy)
Traditional (Arr. Tony MacMahon/Stephen Prutsman)
℗ Nonesuch Records
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Danny Boy 
Traditional (Arr. by Dana Brayton)
℗ Nonesuch Records
Performed by Kronos Quartet, featuring Don Walser and The Pure Texas Band

Lullaby
Traditional (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Rachell's Weepinge
Written by Christopher Tye
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Two Chinese Paintings: Silk and Bamboo 
Traditional (Arr. Wu Man; real. Danny Clay)
© 2016 Kronos Arts Publishing
℗ 2016 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Sivunnittinni
Written by Tanya Tagaq (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
© 2015 Inner Sunset Publishing
℗ 2016 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Viderunt Omnes
Written by Perotin (Arr. Kronos Quartet)
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Spem in Alium (Sing and Glorify)
Written by Thomas Tallis (Arr. Kronos Quartet)
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Black Angels: I – Departure
Written by George Crumb
© 1971 by C. F. Peters Corporation; All rights reserved. Used with permission.
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Black Angels: III – Return
Written by George Crumb
© 1971 by C. F. Peters Corporation; All rights reserved. Used with permission.
℗ Nonesuch Records
Performed by Kronos Quartet

Sun Rings: X. One Earth, One People, One Love
Written by Terry Riley
© 2002 Associated Music Publishers Inc. (BMI)
℗ Nonesuch Records 
Performed by Kronos Quartet, with the recorded voices of Eugene Cernan and Alice Walker

Tegere Tulon: I. Funtukuru
Written by Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (Arr. Jacob Garchik)
© 2018 Inner Sunset Publishing
℗ 2018 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Performed by Kronos Quartet