On Saturday April 27, in celebration of Earth Month, Juilliard and Lincoln Center will present the New York premiere of Crossing Open Ground, an outdoor work by John Luther Adams for winds, brass, and percussion. From 11am until 4pm, an acoustic ensemble of Juilliard student and alumni dancers and musicians will perform the piece as it moves across Lincoln Center’s 16-acre campus, which is meant “ to encourage viewers to slow down and remember their place within the larger community of life on Earth,” per a press release.
The free event will be directed and choreographed by Pam Tanowitz and co-music directed by Juilliard chamber music faculty member Nadia Sirota as well as Adams’ longtime collaborator percussionist Douglas Perkins. Tickets are not required—just show up and be awed!