Nebraska Chamber Players with Brian Leeper present Christian Ellenwood's Children of the Moon

Nebraska Chamber Players with Brian Leeper present Christian Ellenwood's Children of the Moon

7:30pm @Red Cloud Opera House Auditorium
June 4, 2022

Composer Chris Ellenwood’s new composition, Children of the Moon, is based on Willa Cather’s One of Ours which celebrates its 100th publication anniversary in 2022. Featuring Nebraska’s own Brian Leeper as vocalist, Nebraska Chamber Players will perform Children of the Moon on Saturday, June 4, in the Red Cloud Opera House. Tickets may be purchased as a single event, or as a part of a full Spring Conference registration.

Children of the Moon is composed for baritone voice, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, and piano and features text from Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, One of Ours.

As part of the 67th annual Spring Conference, Ellenwood will be in Red Cloud on Saturday afternoon to discuss his composition and process; his talk is free and open to the public. To learn more about and register for the Spring Conference, visit the Spring Conference event page.