New York City-based chamber music collective, Decoda, is heading to Lake City, South Carolina from for a community residency presented by the Lake City Artfields Collective. The Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, Decoda’s mission is to create a more compassionate and connected world through music by curating outstanding musical performances, facilitating creative songwriting projects, and training the new generation of young artists to rethink and reimagine their role in society.
Decoda will be joined by celebrated vocalist/composer Sarah Elizabeth Charles and her duo partner, pianist/composer Jarrett Cherner, for a public and free performance on Sunday, September 24th concert at the Stables at 4pm, which will feature music by South Carolina composers Andy Akiho, David Kirkland Garner, and other works by Clara Schumann, Stravinsky, Chick Corea, and Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner. The performance will feature a brand new arrangement by Decoda’s Brad Balliett called Fantasy on a Rendezvous 5 (Ron’s Piece) created especially for this partnership. “Ron’s Piece” is based on Jean-Michel Jarre’s piece "Final Rendez-vous: Ron’s Piece - Challenger", written in 1986 in honor of Ron McNair and the six other crew members aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle. Decoda is honored to share this musical tribute to McNair's legacy in his hometown community of Lake City.
For more information, please visit artfieldssc.org.
