Earth on Fire: ASU Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Rider

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Rissolty Rossolty

Colin Jacobsen: A Short While To Be Here… (based on American Folk Songs as collected and transcribed by Ruth Crawford Seeger)

Michael Abels: Global Warming

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for string quartet (Brooklyn Rider)

Gabriela Lena Frank: Contested Eden

Siamak Aghaei/Colin Jacobsen: Ascending Bird: Introduction and Dance for Orchestra, (arr. for full orchestra by Michael P. Atkinson)

As part of the prestigious ASU Visiting Quartet Residency Program, the critically acclaimed string quartet Brooklyn Rider joins the ASU Symphony Orchestra in a rich tapestry of musical selections exploring major issues facing a global, interconnected society on a warming planet. With its intrepid musical appetite, the quartet will act as leaders, soloists, and collaborators throughout the evening on this fascinating and thought-provoking musical journey. Works by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Michael Abels, Gabriela Lena Frank and others.

The ASU Gammage lobby will be open at 6:00 p.m. to all ticket holders to experience exhibits and art displays on topics of climate change and sustainability. Participating artists and scholars include ASU faculty and students in the School of Sustainability in the College of Global Futures, the School of Art and Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Environmental Design in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.