Cosmic Connections: Unfolding Earth’s Ancient Wisdom in Aptos

The Santa Cruz Chamber Players present: • Earhart Trio • Kumiko Uyeda, concert director & piano • Kate Stenberg, violin • Mary Artmann, cello For centuries, composers have looked outward—to the stars, the natural world, and humanity’s place within something much larger. This program brings together music by Charles Ives, Lera Auerbach, Joseph Haydn, and Ben Dorfan, each shaped in different ways by questions of nature, spirituality, and our connection to the wider universe. Across centuries and styles, these works remind us that wonder itself has always been a source of artistic inspiration.