After a year and a half of research, composing and coordination, Sara presented the premiere performance of her new five-movement piece for choir and drums, En Masse, at Oregon State University’s Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) in Corvallis, OR, on January 22, 2026. This was the culmination of her residency with FLUXNET in which she collaborated with ecologist Chris Gough, Ph.D., and his lab. The work was performed by OSU’s Vocal Ensemble and student percussionist Parker Williams.
The score and audio recording of Soil from En Masse was included in the simultaneous exhibition Currents: Experiments in Art-Science Collaboration curated by Carly Solström and Ashley Stull Meyers at PRAx, which opened on January 22 and will be on view through March 7, 2026. The exhibition features the work of four artists in the fluxART residency directed by Maoya Bassiouni.
Read more about the event-filled week in Oregon on fluxART’s website.