3. Other Channels
Other Channels explores a history of the Missouri River through a century of USGS water data, historical maps, and community research. Composed and arranged for a non-traditional string quartet from the Omaha Symphony (Violin: Lucy Duke, Cello: InYoung Park, Bass: Bobby Scharmann, Violist: Bozhidar Shopov, Conductor: Dani Meier). The work was performed while cruising the river on an open air boat together with the audience and a panel of locals (featuring Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Professor and Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska; Jack Phillips, naturalist, poet, nature writer, and founder of The Naturalist School; and Don Moses, retired Civil Engineer, U.S.). World premiere commissioned by Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. In 2025, the piece was reprised at Bemis again in collaboration with the Omaha Symphony (Violin: Lucy Duke, Cello: Tim Strang, Bass: Bobby Scharmann, Violist: Bozhidar Shopov, Conductor: Serena Reuten).
