Press Release
April 7, 2008
Ensemble Galilei delights crowd at Brown Theatre
Performing First Person: Stories From the Edge of
the World the new collaboration with NPR's Talk of the Nation host Neal
Conan and the National Geographic Society, Ensemble Galilei delighted
the crowd during its performance Friday night in Cowley College’s
Robert Brown Theatre.
The performance featured spectacular photographs from the National
Geographic Image Collection, narratives from some of the world's greatest
explorers interwoven with Ensemble Galilei's brilliant performances
of Irish, Scottish, early and original music. Edited, written, and narrated by Neal
Conan, host of NPR's "Talk of the Nation."
The presentation was supported by the Mid-America Arts Alliance with
generous underwriting by the National Endowment for the Arts, Kansas
Arts Commission, and foundations, corporations and individuals throughout
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.