Teddy Abrams, Director of the Louisville Orchestra, presents on what happens when we hear music and breaks down our relationship with sound and music.
About the speaker
Teddy Abrams is the acclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra (LO) and the Britt Festival Orchestra. As an advocate for the power of music, Abrams has fostered interdisciplinary collaborations with organizations including the Louisville Ballet, the Center for Interfaith Relations, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Speed Art Museum, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. His rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero. Abrams’ work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS News Sunday Morning, NPR, and in The Wall Street Journal.
Abrams recently collaborated with Jim James, vocalist and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, on the song cycle The Order of Nature, which was recorded for the Decca Gold label. To promote the album release, Abrams and James performed with an ensemble of Louisville Orchestra Musicians on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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Doing something really well and making it special – making it extraordinary – is a life’s work.
Attention is a precious resource, and it’s one that every single person is fighting over.
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Louisville, KY United States 40202
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