Landscape Music is a network of musical artists. Our mission is to deepen public appreciation of the natural world by providing a platform for contemporary composers and performers whose music engages with landscape, nature, and place. Learn more.

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Projects

Olmsted 200 Celebrating Parks for All PeopleLungs of the City: Olmsted’s Parks in Music
A concert series of new chamber music celebrating public parks and commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. In a cross-regional collaboration amongst a consortium of ensembles and presenters, concerts took place in several U.S. cities throughout 2022. Learn more.

EarthEarth Year
The composers of Landscape Music commemorated Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary with activities taking place throughout the year 2020 and up to Earth Day 2021. This initiative was a catalyst for new works, digital performances, public conversations, and music videos showcasing new music that reflects environmental themes at the forefront of our global consciousness. Learn more.

National Trails 50th Anniversary LogoLandscape Music:
Rivers & Trails

A nationwide series of concerts in Fall 2018 that commemorated the 50th​ Anniversaries of the National Trails System and Wild and Scenic Rivers Acts. 12 new works of chamber music were given World Premieres on concerts engaging 35 musicians in five different regions across the U.S. Learn more.

Past Projects

Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails Concert Video on YouTube

New Year, new YouTube channel! We are pleased to announce a new online home for videos of our concerts, interviews, and all things LandscapeMusic.org and Landscape Music Composers Network.

We’re kicking things off with a full-length concert video featuring Citywater, Sacramento’s premier chamber ensemble for new music, as part of Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails: our Fall 2018 concert series, which featured five different chamber ensembles around the country in programs of World Premieres that celebrated the 50th anniversaries of the U.S. Wild & Scenic Rivers and the National Trails System.

Citywater’s Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails program was presented by Visions of the Wild, an environmental arts festival, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, with support from the National Park Service. The concert was given at the Empress Theatre in Vallejo, CA on September 23, 2018.

Watch the full concert below, or visit our playlist to see individual videos of World Premiere pieces by Landscape Music composers Nell Shaw Cohen, Linda Chase, Ryan Suleiman, Ben Cosgrove, Christina Rusnak, Rachel Panitch, and Libby Meyer.