At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, the community is invited to gather at Mulberry Art Studios to experience an evening of music and poetry. Organizers hope that the event, titled "Meditations on Loss," may offer the opportunity for a little healing for those who are grieving. The program will be a meditation on the tragedy of life, loss, and time, transformed by music, nature, and poetry.
Justin Hopkins will read two poems: Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art," a villanelle about the art of losing, and Donald Hall's "Without," a poem without punctuation on the loss of his wife.
Christopher Brooks, violin, and Patrick White, bass, will interweave music among these poems, performing solo violin, solo electric bass, and violin and bass together, culminating with Bach's "Sarabande" in D minor and Elliott Carter's "Mnemosyne" for solo violin, which he wrote in memory of his late wife. The inspiration for this event grew from White, who tells stories of many people whom he loved who have recently died.
Tickets for "Meditations on Loss" are available for a set fee per person, and children may attend for free. The performance length will be under an hour, and the event will be held in the Mulberry Room. Proceeds will be donated to the Lancaster Nature Conservancy. For more information, readers may call 717-295-1949.
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