Dear Friends and Classmates,

This is a special announcement to let you know that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be performing Frans Lanting's Life: A Journey Through Time on February 22, 2007, at the Strathmore Center in Bethesda, Maryland (just outside Washington, D.C.), and on February 23, 24, and 25, 2007, at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.

We are writing to you to give you advance notice that tickets are currently on sale and going quickly. The premiere performances of the show at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California last summer all sold out, so if you're interested in joining us in Baltimore or at the Strathmore, we encourage you to book your tickets soon through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra web links below:

Strathmore Center performance: http://www.bsoatstrathmore.org/tickets/seasoncalendar.asp?season=060
Baltimore performances: http://www.baltimoresymphony.org/tickets/seasoncalendar.asp?season=0

More about The LIFE Project: Frans Lanting's LIFE: A Journey Through Time is a lyrical interpretation of life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to its present diversity. The LIFE Project is being realized through the integration of photography with the performing arts and the world of life and earth sciences, in collaboration with partners and institutions around the world.

Finally, in conjunction with the LIFE Music performances in the D.C.- Baltimore area, Frans is scheduled to give a presentation about LIFE at the National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium on Tuesday February 27 at 7:30 pm. For more information please visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/index.html.

We hope you will be able to join us in Baltimore or at the Strathmore!

Best wishes,

 

Frans Lanting and Christine Eckstrom

 

HEAR MORE:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5594899
[Alex Chadwick's National Public Radio interview with Frans Lanting]
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R612061000
[Frans Lanting and astrobiologist Dr. David Deamer join Michael Krasny on his "Forum" show for a one-hour discussion about LIFE on San Francisco's NPR station KQED]
READ MORE:
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0612/feature2/index.html
[Images from LIFE in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine]

EXPLORE FURTHER:
http://www.LifeThroughTime.com
[To access the timeline, go to <http://www.lifethroughtime.com> click "Start the Journey" from the home page, and then select "View Timeline." For more background on the LIFE Project, click here <http://www.lifethroughtime.com/project.html>]

"In 1999 when photographing the timeless ritual of horseshoe crabs spawning in the shallow waters of Delaware Bay, I realized that these ancient creatures offer a window into the past. I decided to explore the planet for examples of how time tempers the shape of life on Earth and how the Earth is in turn changed by the life it harbors. LIFE is a vision of the past, a celebration of the present, and a call to action to make sure there's a future for all of us." - Frans Lanting, 2006