Graduate Recital: XEMBER Quintet Xiaoyu Liu, bass trombone Erica Ohmann, french horn Maxwell Gradisher, trumpet Brady Gell, trombone Robert Krause, trumpet   This concert is free and open to the public.

Birds, Winds, and Titans Gabriella Smith - Tumblebird Contrails Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

Allison Wright - mezzo-soprano Paul Casiano - piano

In a world full of noise, we often try listening to something: conversations with colleagues and family, music in our headphones, videos blasting from our smartphones. We hear all these things daily, but what does it mean to truly listen? In what sense do devices also listen to us? What is the role of silence in listening? How has listening changed over time? Can political tensions be solved through “listening”? How is listening both an art and a science? This Wide Lens event brings together...