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Kara-Lis Coverdale, A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever

  • February 17, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • PS21 Black Box Theater

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
Ticket Price $30.00 Buy Tickets
Description

Kara-Lis Coverdale presents a program of solo piano works, A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever, in PS21’s Black Box Theater. Taken from her recent album of the same name, the works are in a way classic nocturnes (i.e. inspired by night), but also evoke tangential, abstract associations: an animation of melodic webs; moving through a thick substance; sound objects in space. Written and recorded during winter in a small rural studio in Ontario, they also reflect Coverdale’s retreat from maximal sound and a return to acoustic fundamentals. 

A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever is slow and focuses as much on the decay of piano melody as on its attack. Mood emerges from deceleration and restraint; emerging melodies, inspired by modal influences from the late Renaissance, post-war minimalism, and Coverdale’s idiosyncratic sense of musical ecology, bloom at their own pace. 

In her own words: “This [music] is an exploration of harmony in space, music as an antithesis to silence. A silence that does not exist.”

Date & Time

Tue, Feb 17, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

PS21 Black Box Theater

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 Black Box Theater
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A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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