NOTES ON ANTIQUITIES

PRESENT MUSIC is known for taking its show on the road, and sometimes that road leads to some pretty wonderful places. Three years ago, they played John Luther Adams’ expansive aural adventure Inuksuit over several acres of the Lynden Sculpture Garden. They sent their musicians into the galleries of the Milwaukee Art Museum for various audio-visual interactions with paintings and sculptures. And they even tried to “talk” to the animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo. For this month’s “exploratory concert” “Time, Nature, Culture, Sound,” PM’s Music Director Kevin Stalheim animates several Milwaukee Public Museum environments with live, contemporary music. The result of a year-long collaboration between the MPM and PM, the concert will feature world premieres created for such beloved spaces as the museum’s rain forest exhibit and the Soref Planetarium. The group will leave a permanent mark on the museum with a sound installation created by percussionist Julio Pabon, which will be installed in the Pre-Colombian and Pacific Islands exhibit.