The Golden Williams Duo presents a Creators’ Panel: Music and Art in Dialogue about Extreme Weather
Friday, June 26, 2026 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM EST
Multimodal Roasting
39-26 24th St, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
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The Golden Williams Duo presents:
Music and Art in Dialogue about Extreme Weather
Creators’ Panel: Friday, June 26th, 2026 at 5pm, Multimodal Roasting
The Golden Williams Duo, comprised of violist Gregory K. Williams and cellist Diana Golden, uses music as a mirror to reflect on and dialogue with the world around us, by creating and performing thought-provoking music relevant to our own time. On June 26th at 5pm at Multimodal Roasting (39-26 24th St in Long Island City), the Golden Williams Duo will present a Creators’ Panel sharing new music based on the topic of extreme weather, especially as it relates to the borough of Queens. The works for viola and cello duo have been commissioned and written for the Golden Williams Duo by composers Stephanie Leotsakos, Nick Revel, Sunny Knable, Chandler Carter, William Susman, and Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. The Golden Williams Duo chose composers based on their previous works about extreme weather, as well as Queens-based composers interested in exploring this topic. The Creators’ Panel will showcase a behind-the-scenes look at how composers designed their music, and how each of their approaches are different. Audiences will have a chance to hear samples of each of the compositions performed by the Golden Williams Duo.
Not only do these works for viola and cello duo consider recent historical events such as lives lost to basement flooding in Corona, Woodside, and Jamaica during Hurricane Ida; and shoreline damage in the Rockaways from Hurricane Sandy; but they also consider the hope found in community rebuilding plans such the housing buyout program Resilient Acquisitions in The Hole; and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's West Pond Living Shoreline Restoration Project in Broad Channel. To contextualize the artistic dialogue, we will review some local community rebuilding and sustainability plans to counteract these extreme weather events.
The Creators’ Panel is intended for the general public. The event is especially relevant for those interested in artists’ working processes, the collaborative give-and-take involved in creating multimedia art, composers, performers, educators, artists, and environmentalists. Admission to the Creators’ Panel is $26.95 on Events.com or $25 cash at the door, and a recording of the Creators’ Panel will be available for those who cannot attend for $11. Multimodal coffee will be made available for purchase to attendees during the event.
This project is made possible in part with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.