En Masse: Sara Bouchard
- When
- Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Where
- Perkinson Recital Hall
421 Westhampton Way, Richmond, 23173 - Price
- Not listed. Check with the venue.
Join us for an evening at the intersection of music, ecology and community. The VCU Rice Rivers Center presents En Masse, a new work by artist/composer and VCUarts Kinetic Imaging adjunct faculty Sara Bouchard. En Masse is a composition for choir and drums which gives voice to the carbon cycle, navigates the threads of interconnection among individuals in an ecosystem and promotes a culture of care amidst the climate crisis. Wednesday, October 21, 2026 7:30 p.m. University of Richmond, Perkinson Recital Hall En Masse was developed in collaboration with ecologist Dr. Chris Gough, Executive Director of the Rice Rivers Center and Professor in the VCU School of Life Sciences and Sustainability. Over the course of an 18-month residency, the artist became immersed in Gough Lab research on carbon flux–-the biosphere’s “inhalation” and “exhalation” of carbon dioxide. Inspired by the teachings of the more-than-human world, En Masse bridges scientific concepts with themes of ritual and imagination and embraces the experimental, incorporating field recordings, crowd-sourced text and scientific data into the score. Read more about the piece in a recent VCU News article. The performance feature
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