Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Tuesday, November 14 at 7:30 PM
Grusin Hall, University of Colorado Boulder
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Free admission
Featuring:
- Hsing-ay Hsu, with Andrew Cooperstock, piano
- Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano
- Victor Mestas, jazz piano
- Beth Osnes, actor & co-founder of CU's Inside the Greenhouse Initiative
- Brett KenCairn from the City of Boulder will be on hand for questions
Hsu joins an international pianists' collective during the United Nations Climate Change Conference to spotlight climate change. This adventurous program celebrates our planet with diverse aesthetics and a little audience participation, ending with Scriabin's fiery "Vers La Flamme." The program also features Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel.
In 2017, the 23rd Conference of the Parties, COP23, will be take place, November 6-17. Delegates from 195 countries will meet for ten days of negotiations to further build on the detail from the Paris Agreement.