# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Insect - Water - Heart
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble continues its 51st season with a concert in Waltham, MA, with music focused on mind, body, and environment, as the ensemble continues to explore a new era of passionately bringing cutting-edge music of living composers to a diverse public.

The concert is centered around Luke Blackburn’s Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta, a nearly 30-minute multi-movement collection. Blackburn engages in a practice of “docu-composition”, loosely following the model Camille Saint-Saens provides in Le carnaval des animaux, for insects! The music brings awareness of endangered species and its effect on our ecosystems in decline. Each movement—referencing monarch butterflies, Hercules beetles, and fireflies—is designed as a small snippet of the insect’s life, sometimes from the human perspective, sometimes from the insect’s perspective, and occasionally both.

String and saxophone duos by Dorothy Chang and Keyna Wilkins round out the program. Chang’s Walk on Water considers this sacred natural resource as a metaphor for time – “the flow of time, the stream or tide of time.” Australian composer Keyna Wilkins’s direct and impactful sounds address current issues of climate change, and, following artist Reiko Azuma’s visual artwork, invite us to examine the “endless expansiveness of cosmology of human heart.”

Compositions
Luke Blackburn: Menagerie of Spectacular Creatures: Insecta
Dorothy Chang: Walk on Water
Keyna Wilkins: A Glimpse into Eternity
Keyna Wilkins: Scorched Earth

Musicians
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flutes
Diane Heffner, clarinets
Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, alto saxophone
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Lilit Hartunian, violin
Stephen Marotto, cello
Orlando Cela, conductor 

The concert is made possible by the Waltham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency; and the Alice M. Ditson Fund.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waltham/insect-water-heart/200029930060053
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Waltham
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Arthur J Clark Government Center
- **lat**: 42.378386086506
- **long**: -71.23612603368
- **full address**: Arthur J Clark Government Center, 119 School St, Waltham, MA 02451-4511, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Insect - Water - Heart
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/91da4f43b4d350db93390e795f6dfb90a83894bfb197f93b311816481517a60f-rimg-w1200-h630-dcc6e7ee-gmir?v=1775945631

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Insect - Water - Heart being held?
  - **A:** Insect - Water - Heart takes place on Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Arthur J Clark Government Center, 119 School St, Waltham, MA 02451-4511, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Insect - Water - Heart?
  - **A:** Insect - Water - Heart is organized by Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Insect - Water - Heart is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Waltham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Insect - Water - Heart sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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