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Wolf Trap attracts music lovers with a specially created Soundwalk for its massive park
Soundwalk enhances the world-class concert venue s grounds with GPS-specific sound installation.
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“Something at Wolf Trap that I thought was really unique is the creek that runs through the property,” says composer and sound artist Ellen Reid. “I created these layers of strings and drums to go over the creek every time the path crosses it.”
If you’re not familiar with Wolftrap Creek, you haven’t fully experienced Wolf Trap beyond its world-class concert venues: the Filene Center, the large, architecturally impressive outdoor amphitheater and its sloped surrounding lawn and picnic areas, and the acoustically rich and intimate Barns down the road.
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A dirt trail leading up to the Griffith Park Observatory is alive with sound this afternoon. There’s the steady crunch of sneakers on gravel, the whipping wind in the trees; there’s a toddler’s distant squealing mixed with intermittent trilling from sparrows.
Then there’s the orchestra.
For the record:
4:40 PM, Feb. 22, 2021This post incorrectly refers to the Griffith Observatory as the Griffith Park Observatory.
Composer and
sound artist Ellen Reid has scored this trail carefully, geocoding her original music to exact locations in the park, where visitors can access it on an app.
The soundtrack to this particular spot on the Fern Dell Trail is soothing and gentle, with viola and cello strings leading the way along a shady, forested patch. Farther up, on the East Observatory Trail, a jazzy drum solo kicks in, punctuating each switchback with a thump-ding-and-wire-brush swoosh, heightening anticipation around every corner.
For her latest project, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid chose a different type of collaborator L.A.’s natural environment. "Soundwalk" is free app that allows one to walk, hike or relax at Griffith Park as they listen to a site-specific score.