August’s artist-in-residence at HVNP is composer/trumpeter Andy Jarema

Detroit-based musician and composer Andy Jarema was selected as the artist-in-residence at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for the month of August.

This young and innovative composer creates site-specific work by using a mix of sound collage techniques, his trumpet and traditional scoring to make music inspired by the park’s fauna and geology.

Jarema will perform an After Dark in the Park concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium. The program is free, but park entrance fees apply.

Jarema’s compositions are defined by sharp contrasts in tone and texture. He says his creative aim for the HVNP residency is “to sonically capture the natural landscape of the park with my recording device: the quiet hiss of a steam vent, the screech of an ‘io flying overhead, the rush of the waves striking Holei Sea Arch. From there, I would integrate these recordings into various forms of music to stitch together a sonic portrait of the natural beauty of the park.”

In 2018, Jarema was an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. He is known for integrating hip-hop nature beats, music videos and classical music into his work.