Sound Sculptures Concert 2022
About the concert
An outdoor performance on, in, and around the Outdoor Sculpture Collection at Western Washington University. Featuring Western's percussion, woodwind and brass ensembles, and music written by WWU composers. Each piece of music will be unique. Ensembles will include percussion trios, a saxophone quartet, a flute quartet, a trombone trio, a brass quintet, a double reed ensemble, and a woodwind quintet.
Performances will loop at sculptures throughout campus for the duration of the concert. You are free to move from sculpture to sculpture to enjoy each performance at your leisure and in the order you choose.
Disability Accommodations
For disability accommodations, please contact the department presenting the event. Disability access information is available online at Parking Services, and further resources can be found by contacting Western's Disability Access Center.
North Campus
Alex Nelson: From the Shadows (2022) for percussion ensemble
Curve/Diagonal (1969-70) by Robert Maki
Located along High Street, on the lawn between Viking Commons and Mathes Hall
Nathan Walker: Split Stone Quartet (2022) for saxophone quartet
Split Stone (Northwest) (2019) by Sarah Sze
Located on the Old Main lawn, near Edens Hall
Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet for Two Vibraphone and Two Marimbas
For Handel (1975) by Mark di Suvero
Located on the Performing Arts Center plaza, near Viking Union and across the street from Wilson Library, overlooking the bay
Amara Farah: Rose Guardian (2022) for flute quartet
Stone Enclosure: Wall Reliefs by Norman Warsinke
Located on the wall of the west end of the Humanities building, facing the Wilson Library
Central Campus
Walter Walter: To View the Sky (2022) for brass quintet
Skyviewing Sculpture (1969) by Isamu Noguchi
Located in Red Square, between Miller Hall and the Fisher Fountain
Sum Yee Lee: Falling Man, Dancing Man, Running Man (2022) for woodwind quintet
Untitled (1980-81) by Joel Shapiro
Located at the north side entrance of Carver Gym, behind Bond Hall
Jack Conklin: Wright's Triangle (2022) for double reed ensemble
Wright's Triangle (1978) by Richard Serra
Located on the brick path between the Fine Arts building, Engineering Technology building, and Chemistry Building, just south of the Carver Gym
Kiersten Carter-Hines: Mixed Messages (2022) for percussion trio
Lifted Conical Depression (1990) by Meg Webster
Located on the lawn between Carver Gym and the Science Lecture building
South Campus
Patrick Roulet: Timber Gradient (2022) for percussion quartet
Log Ramps (1974, reconstructed 1983 and 1995) by Lloyd Hamrol
Located south of Carver Gym, in the walkway between the Chemistry Building and the Engineering Technology building
Adam Greenberg: Feats and Hands of Strength (2022) for percussion trio
Feats of Strength (1999) by Tom Otterness
Located south of the Log Ramps sculpture, in an open area in front of Arntzen Hall, Parks Hall and the Biology Building
Cameron Nielson: Front Door (2022) for trombone trio
Stadium Piece (1979-80) by Bruce Nauman
Located on the large lawn in front the Communications Facility on the south end of campus
Traditional from Uganda: Ssente ne Kola performed on the Embaire Xylophone from Uganda
Untitled (Steam Work for Bellingham) (1971, installed 1974) by Robert Morris
Located near the pathway on the lawn between the Academic Instructional Center, Academic West, and the road W College Way, within view of the Rock Rings and Grapata sculptures
