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Harpist and singer Thistle Jemison. DWAYNE MICHAEL CAMPBELL
Rites of Spring Music Festival presents “Tuning Into Nature,” a fall concert by Thistle, a chamber folk trio that performs the original music of harpist and singer Thistle Jemison. Also performing will be cellist Reenat Pinchas and percussionist Roxan Jurkevich, percussionist. The concert will take place on Saturday, November 4, at 5 p.m. at Quogue Wildlife Refuge.
Thistle’s lyrics are inspired by fairy tales, poetry and literature of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde, while the music draws influences from the folk, jazz, western classical and South Indian classical genres. Audiences have reported feelings of elation when listening to Thistle. This concert explores the infinite sound possibilities that the natural environment offers us. The soundscapes, which are made up of animal, human, and environmental sounds, can be a rich trove of information about the health and biodiversity of ecosystems but also an endless source of inspiration for the artists. The music program unveils the intimate relationship with the location, nature, soundscape, water element and the myth.
Tickets are $50 at ritesmusic.org. Quogue Wildlife Refuge is at 3 Old Country Road in Quogue.
Staff Writer on Oct 21, 2023