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A NeuroArts Film
Immersive.Thoughtful.
Designed with health in mind.
AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS
"Edward & I saw the Bel Canto Duo perform Take Flight: The 8th Wonder of the World yesterday at Gallery 1516. As people who have been privileged to hear some of the greatest musicians of our time perform live, our hearts have never been opened in this way. Tears fell, awe was invoked. Deep gratitude to all of the creators, sponsors, and especially to the cranes, the river, nature & all the stewards."
S.Helmke
"A perfect combination of musical verve and quiet beauty" and "memorable"
National Willa Cather Center.
"Bel Canto Duo’s Taking Flight documentary-concert is a beautiful marriage of filmmaking, nature, and music medicine, that captures the intense awe of witnessing the cycles of the natural world and elegantly reflects that emotion through their live film score performance. The repetitive rhythmic patterns and harmonic complexity they create unfold through their live looping techniques and sonic interplay between the low tones of the cello and the upper tones of the oboe and English horn, making the live performance an unforgettable, calming, and inspiring multi-sensory experience."
Rebecca Lepping, Neurologist, KUMC
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Taking Flight: The 8th Wonder of the World is an original documentary and live-score project by Bel Canto Duo exploring the Sandhill Crane migration along Nebraska’s Platte River. Featuring a fully original, NeuroArts-informed score, the film offers an immersive experience designed to reduce stress and support audience well-being while engaging with themes of water, migration, and ecological stewardship.
CONTRIBUTORS
Our heartfelt thanks to Tom & Sue Friedman, The Crane Trust, Cathedral Arts Project, Humanities Nebraska & the Nebraska Arts Council & National Endowment for the Arts for their support.
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