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Caroline Shaw • “From Rivers”

Commissioned for the opening of new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Health Campus, Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Caroline Shaw, imagines this piece around the movements of water. From Rivers features vocalist Kristin Newborn, cellist Polina Umansky, and the Indianapolis Children's Choir (directed by Henry Leck). From Rivers is an experimental and adventurous journey that evokes the movement of water through processes of evaporation and precipitation. Shaw captures this movement using familiar melodies translated through the choral rises and falls of ethereal vocals. By suggesting the circular movement of water from sky to earth, Shaw places the listener into this flowing movement. Shaw references not only the prominent waterfall feature, “Healing Waters” that greets visitors as they enter the Eskenazi hospital (a public hospital founded in 1855), but reminds listeners of the site-specificity of the Eskenazi Health Campus between the White River and Fall Creek.

GPS Location: 39.777588, -86.183480
Duration: 05:27
Year: 2014
Commissioned by Eskenazi Health

Credits:
Recorded at Aire Born
Mixed by Derik Lee
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano
Album art by Oliver Blank
Album image by Tad Fruits

http://carolineshaw.com/

Caroline Shaw - From Rivers

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All album proceeds go to ArtMix. 

ArtMix is a nationally award-winning nonprofit that transforms the lives of people with disabilities through the creation of art. Based in Indianapolis, ArtMix (formerly VSA Indiana) has served people of all abilities and ages for over 35 years. Five core, ongoing programs and other special projects serve over 6,000 people each year and take place in schools, community centers, hospitals, and on-site in the ArtMix studios. Programs provide meaningful opportunities for self-expression, socialization, and learning in and through the arts. Learn more at artmix.org.

Caroline Shaw - From Rivers

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