DANIEL NEER
Artist - Educator
February 5, 2025 | 12noon
BEYOND THE NOTES: HOPPER HAIKU
Charles Library, Temple University
1900 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia
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Join award-winning composer and pianist Ellen Mandel and myself as we perform our latest collaboration HOPPER HAIKU, a song set inspired by the artwork of American realist painter Edward Hopper. This ongoing project, featuring my narrative haiku set to Ellen's jazzy musical accompaniment for voice and piano, provides a musical voice to the characters and environments depicted in Hopper’s iconic paintings. The result is an evocative soundtrack to the urban isolation and gritty landscape of twentieth century America, and focuses on the complexities of isolationism and human connection in modern society.
