Name: Music at the Museum presents "The Scent of Apples"
Start: 2024-09-22T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Bennington Museum

Music at the Museum presents "The Scent of Apples"

“The Scent of Apples”
September 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
“The Scent of Apples” is the world premiere of a solo marimba composition by Bennington College Alumna, Tina Davidson, inspired by the poems of Robert Frost. Distinguished percussionist and percussion professor at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, Josh Graham will bring this evocative piece to life at Bennington Museum to kick off the 10th season of Music at the Museum. The program is presented in partnership with Bennington College and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum.
Frost’s poems serve as inspiration for this piece and are part of a long-term project that pairs literary figures and their writing with new works for the marimba. Other works within this project include works for solo marimba by Griffin Candey based on “The Nick Adams Stories” by Ernest Hemingway at Hemingway’s birthplace outside of Chicago, and a work by Mike Conrad based on the poetry of Iowan James Hearst at Hearst’s home in Cedar Falls, Iowa. “The Scent of Apples” will be framed by some of these and other additional pieces for solo marimba. A question and answer session with the performer and composer will follow.
The premiere of “The Scent of Apples” represents a unique opportunity to celebrate the enduring global legacy of Robert Frost through a contemporary artistic lens. This project not only provides an enriched cultural experience for the audience but also underscores the importance of cross-genre collaboration and innovation to inspire new perspectives.
The 10th season of Music at the Museum is dedicated to Shirley Brodsky.
Special thanks to the Robert Frost Society, the Fund for North Bennington, Bennington College alumni Sarah Tenney, the Bennington College Music Department and Woolley Fund, American Heritage Trees, and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum for supporting the creation of this composition.
https://benningtonmuseum.org/event/music2024frost/ for more information.