Oregon Origins Project

Admission is FREE!

Oregon Origins Project presents a new contemporary music work exploring the ancient forces that shaped Oregon's natural wonders. Join composer Matthew Packwood and a string quartet for a performance of Oregon Origins: Seven Wonders, a musical journey through Oregon's wild places, from the majesty of Steens Mountain to the ever-changing Oregon Dunes - and many stops in between. Following the performance, geologist Ian Madin will will give a multimedia presentation on the breathtaking locations that inspired the work.

A short intermission will be followed by An introduction to the lands and history of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians by Jesse Beers. Jesse is a sha’yuushtl’a uhl quuiich hiich (Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua person) and is an enrolled citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and serves as the Tribes’ Cultural Stewardship Manager. Jesse will be joined by fellow tribal culture bearer Patty Whereat Phillips.