Annie’s arrangement of Jay Ungar’s Ashokan Farewell for Horn and Dobro, performed by her 92 year old grandfather Keith Chapman, can be heard through Mary Swander’s Buggy Land Podcast, Season 3 Episode #54, titled “Here Lies Mary Swander”
Brewer’s composition, River House on the Prairie, won the Judith Lang Zaimont prize in the 2023 search for New Music by the International Alliance for Women in Music. The piece features Whiterock Conservancy’s dynamic areas, brining attention to the importance of soil health in conservation.
Published in the Iowa Capital Dispatch, featuring photos from an interview with Scott Eickman, farmer and artist in Manning, Iowa. Read the article on Scott and his service as a a creator, veteran, and farmer by clicking the dispatch icon.
FarmHer podcast interviews the collaboration of Des Moines Metro Opera, AgArts, Mary Swander, and Whiterock Conservancy in bringing every day agricultural issues into the fine arts performances.
Carroll Times Herald, publishing the performance of several artists, educators, and agricultural advocates at Whiterock Conservancy. Column can be found by clicking the photo!
““The Land in Transition: Hills and Valleys” performance on Sunday, May 22….The program will begin with a performance of “River House on the Prairie,” by hornist Annie Chapman Brewer. Her composition was created while Chapman Brewer was part of an AgArts Residency at Whiterock Conservancy last year.’
Host Mary Swander interviews hornist Annie Chapman Brewer about her composition River House on the Prairie. This beautiful piece-a sound journal-- arose from Chapman's AgArts Farm-to-Artist residency at the Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids, Iowa. In her composition, Chapman responds to and answers the sounds that surround her at Whiterock-including red wing black birds, spring peepers, cardinals, and barred owls. Click the image to listen to the full interview and “River House on the Prairie” piece.
In Little Village’s 2022 Arts Issue, 44 readers submitted photos representing gratitude for the past year, and insights for the year ahead. One of my photos made it into the issue. Click the image to the left to see all the wonderful captures, and submissions.
In this episode of Season 2 through the Haydn Behind the Music Stand podcast, I had the opportunity to talk with host Patty Ryan about how nature through farming, fishing, and re-enacting inspires me as a human and musician today. Click the image to give a listen!
Earlier in summer 2021, I was invited to talk with host Charity Nebbe along with other fine arts instructors regarding the future of fine arts education. Interested in our positive thoughts moving forward? Give a listen by clicking the image to the left.
In January of 2021, I was featured in The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) with my online courses at West Music in ukulele for students of all ages, and aspirations. The program was dedicated as 4 Free Lessons so that anyone and everyone could try lessons, and learn something safely from home. Click the link to take you to the article!
Featured with the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra in the Hawk Eye, where the SEISO premiered a piece written by Iowa composer Linda Robbins Coleman, and performed by flutist Rose Bishop. Click the Hawk Eye to read about the orchestra’s marvelous review!