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EcoTones: The Urban Prairie @ Tower Grove Park’s Nee Kee Nee
EcoTones Concerts presents imaginative outdoor performances sited in local public nature spaces, exploring connections between humans and the natural world. EcoTones: The Urban Prairie @ Tower Grove Park’s Nee Kee Nee on May 4, 2024 includes a free family event for families with children ages 0-7 from 10:30am-11:45; and an All-Ages Ticketed Event 2:00-5:00 pm.
The free family event from 10:30-11:45am is offered in partnership with the St. Louis Public Library’s Carpenter Branch and invites families with children ages 0-7 to hear soloists and a chamber ensemble alongside the Nee Kee Nee Trail, as well a trailside story circle with a SLPL Carpenter Branch children's librarian, and hands- on volunteer naturalist stations about bees, butterflies, and native plants.
The All-Ages EcoTones Event from 2:00-5:00 features the members of the full St. Louis EcoTones Ensemble and volunteer naturalists alongside the “Nee Kee Nee Music Trail,” followed by an outdoor sit-down concert set in the wheelchair-and- stroller-accessible Stupp Amphitheater in Tower Grove Park’s Southeastern quadrant. Newly commissioned music inspired by the flora and fauna of Nee Kee Nee composed by St. Louis composer & trumpeter Daniel Campbell, St. Louis native saxophonist Chris Cheek, and new music by talented young composers Daniel Kent and Scotty Russell will be premiered at the event.
A limited amount of bench seating is available at Stupp Amphitheater but audience members should plan to BYO-Everything: camp chairs, food and drink. Audience members embarking on the Music Trail portion of the event should wear appropriate footwear. In the event of rain, portions of the event will be moved under cover and inside the park’s Stupp Building (adjacent to the amphitheater). Please visit www.ecotonesconcerts.org for tickets and for more information. A limited number of free tickets are available on a first-come-first-serve basis by emailing [email protected].
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2358246-0
