Tokyo, Japan

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK featuring Kronos Quartet and Kronos' 50 for the Future

上野公園

Ellen Reid, Composer and Sound Designer

Music performed by:
Kronos Quartet
Shabaka Hutchings
Nadia Sirota
SOUNDWALK Ensemble

Presented in Ueno Park by the Spring Festival in Tokyo

作曲·音響デザイン：エレン·リード

演奏：
クロノス·クァルテット
シャバカ·ハッチングス
ナディア·シロタ
SOUNDWALKアンサンブル

主催：東京·春·音楽祭実行委員会

 
 
 
 

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

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Tokyo, Japan

Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK featuring Kronos Quartet and Kronos' 50 for the Future
Ellen Reid, Composer and Sound Designer

Music performed by:
Kronos Quartet
Shabaka Hutchings
Nadia Sirota
SOUNDWALK Ensemble

Presented in Ueno Park by the Spring Festival in Tokyo

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

Shabaka Hutchings
shakuhachi, clarinet, saxophone

Nadia Sirota
violas

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 

Kronos Performing Arts Association:
Katie Baird, Development Associate
Janet Cowperthwaite, Executive Director
Mason Dille, Development Director
Dana Dizon, Business Manager
Sarah Donahue, Operations Director
Deja Jenkins, Production & Marketing Associate
Reshena Liao,  Creative Producer
Nikolás Ixyar McConnie-Saad, Artistic Administrator

Ellen Reid Music (ASCAP)

All music ©2020-2023 Ellen Reid except music in Kronos’ 50 for the Future Forest by composers commissioned by 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

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

Special thanks to Sumiko Ito, Naoko Ashida, Miki Omukai, Gao Shenjian, Janet Cowperthwaite, Sarah Donahue, and Reshena Liao.

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.

Kronos Performing Arts Association’s 50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire - an education and legacy project that has commissioned and distributed for free the first learning library of contemporary repertoire for string quartet - was made possible by a group of adventurous partners and funders, including Carnegie Hall and many others. A complete listing of funders may be found here: kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future/funders

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

KRONOS’ 50 FOR THE FUTURE FOREST
All Works Performed by Kronos Quartet

SPRING (March 5 - June 20, 2023)

1 — Reqs (Dance)
Written by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (2015)

2 — From the Book
Written by Yotam Haber (2016)

3 — Hílathi
Written by Aleksander Kościów (2016)

4 — Boids
Written by Misato Mochizuki (2018)

5 — Mishra Pilu
Written by Aruna Narayan (2020)

6 — The Riddle
Written by Karin Rehnqvist (2017)

7 — Only Ever Us
Written by Paul Wiancko (2020)

8 — Amrit
Written by Kala Ramnath (2016)

9 — Vertebrae
Written by Sky Macklay (2019)

10 — Glimmers
Written by Rafiq Bhatia (2020)

11 — Little Black Book
Written by Jlin (2018)

12 — Yessori (Sound from the Past)
Written by Soo Yeon Lyuh (2016)

13 — Shutter Island
Written by Laurie Anderson (2017)

14 — This Assortment of Atoms — One Time Only!
Written by Terry Riley (2020)

SUMMER (from June 21 - September 21, 2023) 

1 — sweeter than wine
Written by Ken Benshoof (2015)

2 — Tolo Midi
Written by Mario Galeano Toro (2018)

3 — Remote Control
Written by Guillermo Galindo (2016)

4 — At the Purchaser's Option with variations
Written by Rhiannon Giddens (2016)

5 — what is the word
Written by Barry Guy (2019)

6 — Temples in Taiwan
Written by Lu Yun (2018)

7 — Enthusiasm Strategies
Written by Missy Mazzoli (2019)

8 — Pencil Sketch
Written by Yevgeniy Sharlat (2019)

9 — Testimony
Written by Charlton Singleton (2019)

10 — Séraphîta
Written by Trey Spruance (2016)

11 — Play
Written by Merlijn Twaalfhoven (2016)

12 — My Desert, My Rose
Written by Aleksandra Vrebalov (2015)

13 — Shutter Island
Written by Laurie Anderson (2017)

14 — This Assortment of Atoms — One Time Only!
Written by Terry Riley (2020)

AUTUMN (from September 22 - December 20, 2023)

1 — Le Bois
Written by Bryce Dessner (2019)

2 — Behind Rainbows
Written by Alexandra du Bois (2019)

3 — Quartet Satz
Written by Philip Glass (2017)

4 — Maduswara
Written by Peni Candra Rini (2020)

5 — Daughters of Sol
Written by Aftab Darvishi (2017)

6 — Sunjata's Time
Written by Fodé Lassana Diabaté (2015)

7 — Pulsation
Written by Susie Ibarra (2018)

8 — Satellites
Written by Garth Alexander Knox (2015)

9 — Another Living Soul
Written by Nicole Lizée (2016)

10 — Marejada
Written by Angélica Negrón (2020)

11 — Circular Lines
Written by Stephan Thelen (2016)

12 — Gammified
Written by Tod Machover (2019)

13 — Shutter Island
Written by Laurie Anderson (2017)

14 — This Assortment of Atoms — One Time Only!
Written by Terry Riley (2020)

WINTER (from December 21, 2023 - March 5, 2024)

1 — Flashlight
Written by Mark Applebaum (2019)

2 — The Journey of the Horizontal People
Written by Raven Chacon (2016)

3 — Andante Amoroso
Written by Vladimir Martynov (2018)

4 — Sivunittinni
Written by Tanya Tagaq (2015)

5 — Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat
Written by Wu Man (2015)

6 — Knock
Written by Joan Jeanrenaud (2016)

7 — YanYanKliYan Senamido
Written by Angélique Kidjo (2020)

8 — Tegere Tulon
Written by Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (2018)

9 — Sixfivetwo
Written by Henry Threadgill (2018)

10 — Pallavi
Written by Zakir Hussain (2017)

11 — branching patterns
Written by inti figgis-vizueta (2021)

12 — just strings and a light wind above them
Written by Onutė Narbutaitė (2018)

13 — Shutter Island
Written by Laurie Anderson (2017)

14 — This Assortment of Atoms — One Time Only!
Written by Terry Riley (2020)