Introducing Shakespearean Music in Virtual Reality

From January 11-January 14, 2025, Princeton University Concerts presented Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s “Future Presence,” a virtual reality experience featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. PUC commissioned me and other Princeton faculty to write about music in the source text, Shakespeare’s play.

You can read the program notes here.

You can read a write-up of “Future Presence” here.