Multimedia Concert at LPCA Honors Anne LaBastille

Anne LaBastille (This photo courtesy of the Anne LaBastille estate.)

On August 17th the Ricochet Duo—Jane Boxall, marimba and Rose Chancler, piano—will perform a very special multimedia concert at The Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) honoring the late Adirondack conservationist and Woodswoman author Anne LaBastille. This unique concert will begin at 7:30 pm and include the world premieres of three new works for piano and marimba by composers Hilary Tann, Doug Opel, and William Pfaff.

Additionally there will be stunning photography from world-class photographers Carl Hielman II, Mark Bowie, Shaun Hefferman, and Larry Barns paired with specific program works, and also a slideshow of original pictures directly from Anne LaBastille’s estate.

This concert will honor Anne LaBastille’s tireless work as an international environmentalist, author, and icon for women in an all-encompassing way, using music, sounds, images, and light. Repertoire for the concert was chosen to celebrate and focus on four tenets of LaBastilleʼs work: water, woods, birds, and silence.

For more information on this special event visit www.ricochetduo.com and www.lakeplacidarts.org/performances/ricochet-duo-presents-woodswoman-project.

Tickets are $10 advance and $15 each the day of the show. Call 518.523.2512 to reach the LPCA Box Office.

Anne LaBastille, Advocate, Author and ‘Woodswoman’ of Adirondacks, Dies at 75 (nytimes.com)
LaBastille’s “Woodswoman” cabin will be preserved (northcountrypublicradio.org)
Lake Placid Center for the Arts (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)
Songs and Stories of Remarkable Adirondack Women (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)

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