Homewaters: An Immersive Music and Learning Experience

Experience a magical evening where music and nature meet inside Butterfly Pavilion’s Wings of the Tropics. This intimate 70-minute program bring together live chamber music by Concertvation; a nonprofit that uses performance to deepen our shared sense of wonder and connection to wildlife, by bringing live chamber music into a lush rainforest filled with free-flying butterflies.    

Featuring music by Smetana, Lanzilotti, Dvořák, and others, Homewaters explores the connections between people, water, and the places we call home. Inspired by rivers, landscapes, and the natural world, the program includes a newly commissioned work by Nathan Hall about Colorado’s native Greenback Cutthroat Trout, our state fish. Together, these works reflect on the ways water shapes our identities, sustains the places we belong to, and connects us to the larger natural world. 

Homewaters reminds us that home is a living world we are responsible for protecting. 

Dates and Times:
December 4, 2026, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

December 5, 2026, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Doors will open at 6:00 p.m.

Fee:

Members: $45.00

Non-Members: $50.00

Seniors: $45.00

Meet the Artists:

Cello:
Amanda Skye Laborete 
Amanda Skye Laborete is a cellist whose work lives at the intersection of artistry, community, and impact. Her adventurous career spans orchestral, chamber, and genre-defying performances, sharing the stage with artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Wu-Tang Clan. Amanda’s performing career includes roles with the Boulder Philharmonic, Compass Resonance and Front Range Chamber Players, as well as past section positions with the Colorado Symphony, Santa Fe Opera and frequent engagements with the Rochester Philharmonic and Albany Symphony. She is the founder of Concertvation, an initiative that unites music and conservation to inspire action for wildlife and the planet. A dedicated educator and advocate, Amanda serves on the board of El Sistema Colorado, guided by her belief in music’s power to transform lives. When not performing or teaching, she’s outside hiking with her dogs Arlo and Louie, snuggling her cat Bubu, or volunteering at the zoo. Whether on stage or outdoors, Amanda listens deeply for the resonance between sound and story, people and place, and art and a world worth protecting. 

Violinist:
Jordan Grantonic: 

Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Jordan Grantonic is a Colorado-based professional violinist and educator. Drawn especially to contemporary music, Jordan has performed and premiered works by composers such as Pierre Boulez, Liza Lim, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Carter Pann, Curtis Stewart, and Yvette Young. Recent projects and performances include a string trio recording residency at the TANK Center for Sonic Arts, and fellowships with the 2025 and 2026 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra in Lucerne, Switzerland. Jordan is a member of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and has performed in masterclasses with the Takács and Harlem quartets, as well as Ari Streisfeld, and Stefan Jaciw. Jordan holds a master’s degree and Artist Diploma from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her past mentors include Alex Gonzalez, Dr. Andrea Segar, Károly Schranz, and Dr. Joseph Kromholz. When she’s not playing the violin, Jordan enjoys running up mountains, crafting, writing, film photography, and bothering her cats.

Environmental Educator:
Dave Sutherland 
An incredible interpreter and a dear friend to many, Dave Sutherland began his career in CO at Boulder Mountain Parks in 1996. Over the past 23+ years working for the City of Boulder, Dave has left his mark on many aspects of the Open Space and Mountain Parks department. From logo, website, brochure, interpretive sign and photo database development to his Natural Selections nature programs, naturalist trainings, starting of the department’s volunteer native plant garden group and successful outreach programs for Spanish speakers, Dave’s contributions are many.