READER’S CHOICE

Hugh Anderson Medford, OR, US This year’s

Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon included the world premiere of Brush: Music in the Woodlands by US composer Caroline Shaw. The audience walked along trails in the woodlands where they encountered groups of musicians who played snippets of the work. The pathways ended back at the

Britt Pavilion where a complete orchestra combined the various snippets into a full work. It was magical.