The works in “Imaging after Photography” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts challenge our relationship with images and the realities they represent. Likewise, three Shepherd School of Music composers presented musical expressions that opened up alternative perspectives April 18 at the Moody.
Harpist Sophie Kim performed Victor Tswei’s “...al dopopioggia…,” while Austin Struble took the bassoon through William Jae’s “Afterthought,” and Tswei and Gavin Sol Goodrich (voice and piano) brought Angela Ortiz’s “Dido Studies” to life in the Moody’s central and Brown Foundation galleries.
“It takes a lot of time and planning and manpower to make an event like this happen, so we’re very grateful for everybody here,” said Tswei, who organized the afternoon alongside fellow graduate student Ortiz.
Each fall and spring semester New Art / New Music presents original student compositions inspired by the current exhibition at the Moody, giving Shepherd School composers and performers real-world experience in organization, production and artistic advocacy. The series serves as a flagship program of the Libbie Rice Shearn Moody Fund for the Arts, which is part of the Moody Experience, a universitywide initiative funded by the Moody Foundation.
Learn more about upcoming events on the Moody’s website.