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San Francisco’s beloved Kronos Quartet joins forces with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid to bring this self-guided, musical experience to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. SOUNDWALK is tailor-made for its setting, created to encourage calm reflection and introspection, and can be experienced while following social distancing guidelines. The user’s location triggers a live, overlapping mix of musical motifs and compositions performed by Kronos, Reid, and other musicians, all recorded from home in 2020 during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order.

Listeners can access the audio installation via a free smartphone app. Other editions of SOUNDWALK have previously launched in New York, Los Angeles, and several other cities across the country. Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK will remain available in San Francisco through June 2024. SOUNDWALK launches as part of the 2021 Kronos Festival.