The Great Hall of the Cooper Union
7 East Seventh St. at Third Ave.
Saturday, March 19, $15, 8:00
212-362-4745
www.ensemble-pi.org
Ensemble Pi’s Sixth Annual Peace Project concert, Echosystem: Protecting Our Water, will once again look to the environment for inspiration. Introduced by investigative journalist Karen Charman, the evening will feature performances of George Crumb’s 1971 “Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)” for three Masked Players, the world premiere of Kristin Norderval’s “Echo Systems,” inspired by the BP and Exxon Valdez environmental disasters, Karl Kramer’s new arrangement of Pete Seeger’s 1971 ecology-minded “Rainbow Race,” and Christopher Kaufman’s multimedia “Hudson Valley,” which incorporates sound and image from the Hudson River Valley. Since 2005, Ensemble Pi has been hosting the Peace Project concert, seeking to combine music with eco-conscious issues. The 2011 event will include Norderval on voice and laptop, Airi Yoshioka on violin, Idith Meshulam on piano, Clair Bryant on cello, Kramer on French horn, Barry Crawford on flute, and Nick Gallas on clarinet.