The presenters will explore the varied roles sound can play within the museum experience, roles often overlooked by curators and designers. The discussion will also explore whether “museums of sound” could become commonplace and, if so, what such collections might contain.

PROGRAM: Berio - Sequenza V for Trombone Solo; Persichetti - Serenade no. 6 for Trombone, Viola, and Cello; Schnyder - Trio for Trumpet, Horn, and Trombone; Messiaen - Vocalise-Étude in La; Ter Veldhuis - Jesus Is Coming for Trombone Quartet and Boombox

It's a commonplace that crises create opportunities, but this principle has been successfully test by the Alaska-to-Nashville bluegrass band Bearfoot. Original members Angela Oudean and Jason Norris found themselves presiding over a prolonged period of shifting personnl but have recruited Todd Grebe, rising singer-songwriter Nora Jane Struthers, and her bandmate P.J. George to create a renewed ensemble full of energy and creativity. The group members claim that they're still settling into their new sound, but one listen to their new release, "American Story" offers compelling evidence that they're being more modest than accurate. This album mixes hardcore bluegrass sounds with insightful compositions by Struthers (working in one case with bluegrass veteran Claire Lynch, who's an infallible judge of Nashville talent) and other songwriters.