VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

The Rothko Chapel presents the Summer Music Series. This summer, the Rothko Chapel presents a music series of four programs that recognize the integral role of music to the sacred experience and the history of the Chapel. As an art form, music speaks an international language and has the capacity to bind diverse people together through a shared experience. It can nurture interfaith understanding and has the transformative power to enlighten the mind and spirit. The programs will be held at the Rothko Chapel, 3900 Yupon Street, and are free and open to the public.

MURAL Live at the Rothko Chapel: Performance and CD Release
MURAL with Jim Denley, Kim Myhr, and Ingar Zach
Saturday, August 27, 3pm

MURAL performed at the Chapel in March 2010 and will perform again in celebration of the release of the CD recording of that concert. MURAL’s soft and contemplative music is related to that of Morton Feldman, a major figure in 20th-century music whose composition Rothko Chapel was created in honor of Mark Rothko and premiered at the Chapel in 1972.

With Jim Denley on flute and saxophone, Kim Myhr on acoustic guitar, and Ingar Zach on percussion, the trio created a site-specific and improvisational work relating to, and inspired by, the Rothko murals in the Chapel. MURAL’s lush and inviting sound-world incorporates a wide range of percussive, harmonic, and timbral effects and suggests the vastness and mystery of time, as do Rothko’s paintings.

MURAL’s new CD, MURAL Live at the Rothko Chapel, will be available for sale following the performance.