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SANTA FE – How does a painting sound? How do line and shape, color and texture, mood and compositional relationships translate into music?

The community is invited to join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant, violinist Carla Kountoupes, clarinetist Jerry Weimer and cellist Katie Harlow for an interactive, musical exploration of a colorful, gestural painting by artist Sophie von Hellermann, born in Munich, Germany, in 1975.

During the program, the audience will have the opportunity to explore the expressive implications of line, shape, color, texture, and the mood of the painting, as Prezant, Kountoupes, Weimer and Harlow turn their impressions into musical ideas.

At the end of the program, the musicians will use the work of art as a musical score, from which Prezant  will conduct an improvised musical interpretation.

“What makes Discovering programs so special is the participation of the audience,” Prezant said. “As we explore together, the relationship between the audience, the painting, and the music deepens. Everyone has been a part of the creative process by the time we create a full-fledged musical interpretation of the painting.”

“We’re so grateful to Tia Collection for this opportunity to work with this beautiful painting by Sophie von Hellermann,” Prezant continued. “We can’t wait to see what people come up with when they see the pastel colors and dreamlike figures in this playful, evocative work.”

The program takes place 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Muñoz Waxman Gallery at CCA in Santa Fe. Tickets are $25; students with ID, $10 and available at: www.oliverprezant.com.

Special thanks to the Muñoz Waxman Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Arts for their support of the Santa Fe program.

Note: Program and artists subject to change.

The Discovery of Paintings is a production of Opus OP Arts and Education Projects.