"Escher Keys" Concerto Performance

Join the Three Worlds Symphony Orchestra—made up of LSU faculty and students and Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra members—for a premiere performance of LSU Associate Professor of Composition Mara Gibson's bassoon concerto, Escher Keys. Inspired by the artwork of MC Escher, Gibson composed the work for her colleague Darrel Hale, who is the LSU Associate Professor of Bassoon. The performance will be conducted by LSU Associate Director of Orchestra Scott Terrell and will showcase the bassoon as an under-used instrument capable of interactivity and evolution. 

The premiere broadcast will also feature a special premiere performance of a pastiche song titled "Galatea's Dream," which is drawn from three songs Gibson composed for Megan Ihnen and various musicians. This performance will be directed by Rachel Harris and will include Hale, LSU Associate Professor of Viola Kimberley Sparr, and saxophone player Alan Theisen. 

The concert will be streamed for free through LSU at 7 pm. Register at eventbrite.com.