Songs About Buildings and Moods uses storytelling and performance to create a unique series exploring the connection between music and architecture. What do the buildings we create say about us? How does a musical interpretation change our perception of a building?
The series is hosted by Seth Boustead and is currently on select PBS stations around the country.
Santiago Calatrava’s new wing for the Milwaukee Art Museum caused an international sensation with its iconic sun screens that open and close, giving the building the look of a bird just about to take flight. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan’s oldest still-standing residence and has hosted everyone from George Washington to Lynn-Manuel Miranda who wrote part of Hamilton there.
Music:
Soleil by Brianna Ware-Boggs (Milwaukee Art Museum)
Eliza by Nailah Nombeko (Morris Jumel Mansion)
Series Title theme and MKE Museum ancillary music by Seth Boustead
Morris Jumel ancillary music by Trevor Patricia Watkin
Music performed by:
Milwaukee Art Museum
Alyson Berger – cello
Jennie Oh Brown – flute
Kathleen Carter – violin
Morris Jumel Mansion
Stuart Breczinski – oboe
Alexander Davis – bassoon
Francesca Ferrara – flute
Songs About Buildings and Moods Title Theme
Hilary Bayley – violin
Bruno vaz da Silva – viola
Christopher Ferrer – cello
Erin Murphy – flute
Laura McLaughlin – clarinet
Kyle Stephens – bass
Henry Zheng – violin
Ancillary music
Alyson Berger – cello
Christine Chon – violin
Traci Huff – viola
Patrick Owen-Leary – guitar
Henry Zheng – violin
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