Communities: Nashville
Launched: 1 performance, 1 reception
Engaged: 70 audience members, 10 community leaders
Involved: 1 local storyteller, 5 JSoM students
Summary
The Sileo Quartet worked with composer Katherine Bodor to bring an innovative concert to the Brown County Playhouse. These musicians, all Jacobs School of Music students, collaborated with local Nashville storyteller Michael “Ash” Ashburn to fuse their classical expertise with the culture of Brown County. Katherine Bodor composed original music to accompany Ash’s immersive tales, and the Sileo Quartet performed these compositions while Ash performed his spoken original, “The Whittlin’ Man”. In addition to this collaboration, the Sileo Quartet performed works from their classical repertoire and spoke about the lives and intentions of the composers. The concert was preceded by a warm reception hosted by the Brown County Art Guild, which connected Nashville and Bloomington community members around showcases of local artwork.