Music in the Arboretum with Julian Saporiti

This summer, experience Hoyt Arboretum through sound.

Since 2023, our Musician-in-Residence, Julian Saporiti, has been composing songs inspired by the Arboretum’s trees, trails, and stories–blending botanical research, personal narrative, and the sounds of the landscape itself. These site-specific performances invite you to slow down, listen closely, and encounter the forest in a new way.

Each concert takes place outdoors, in the very locations that inspired the music.

All performances are free and open to the public.

About the Artist

Since 2023, Julian Saporiti has been Hoyt Arboretum’s Musician-in-Residence.

A musician and scholar, his work bridges research, storytelling, and performance, transforming complex cultural and ecological histories into songs. At the Arboretum, he creates site-specific compositions rooted in botanical research and the lived experience of the landscape, connecting listeners to the living collections in new and unexpected ways.

Learn more about Julian and his work at nonoboyproject.com.

Preview a performance of Consider the Dawn. A song inspired by Hoyt Arboretum’s dawn redwood heritage tree on Bray Lane.