{"id":1152,"date":"2022-11-11T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:27:07","slug":"the-primavera-project-at-play-for-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprimaveraproject.com\/the-primavera-project-at-play-for-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS: The PRIMAVERA PROJECT at “Play for the Vote”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sam Karas, Allegra Hobbs
November 8, 2022 7:30PM
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Volunteer group Marfa Steps Up<\/a> manned a table nearby with free doughnuts and coffee for voters. The idea was to encourage voting, and to engender a spirit of community that transcends politics, volunteers explained. And down the block, a slightly different form of activism took place, as multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz, having recently bought a house in Marfa, played Bach\u2019s Cello Suites from his truck bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unorthodox concert was part of the Play for the Vote<\/a> initiative, which aims to \u201camplify voter turnout through the power of music,\u201d per the group\u2019s website. The initiative was launched by Haimovitz\u2019s friend and fellow cellist Mike Block. \u201cHe thought it would be nice to make everybody\u2019s experience more humane and human,\u201d Haimovitz explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haimovitz, who said it was his first time voting in Texas, had hoped to play inside the polling location but was told there was no music allowed, so settled for the outdoor setting. The setlist was varied, incorporating both old and new works. \u201cThe most universal music that I play are the Bach Cello Suites \u2014 that appeals to a broad range of people,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he was also using the platform as an opportunity to premiere original works born out of a Marfa-based project \u2014 The Primavera Project<\/a> is a series of compositions inspired by Primavera 2020<\/em>, Marfa-based artist Charline von Heyl\u2019s response to early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli\u2019s Primavera<\/em>. Composer Asher Sizemore<\/a><\/strong> wrote a piece called \u201cSix Graces\u201d to be performed for the world premiere by Haimovitz for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the whole article on The Big Bend Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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