BAPTISM (RE)IMAGINED: The Sea Came Up and Drowned
August 21 & 22, 2026

There, the sky, quite possibly all the elements, caused the rock and soil
and vegetation to congregate. Their prayer was not new and so faint
I could hardly discern. Simple remembrances, like a tiny,
syncopated chorus calling everyone home...  
—  M.L. Smoker

an exploration land ownership, resource extraction, and climate upheaval, featuring the regional premiere of a Roots co-commission and presented in partnership with Tinworks Art

Program:

• Heart Butte, Montana by Dale Trumbore

• The Sea Came Up and Drowned by Nicholas Cline (regional premiere)

Concert artwork: Landscape of Change (2015) by Jill Pelto.