The Oklahoma Center for the Humanities welcomes Portland-based musician and field recordist Patricia Wolf for a live musical performance titled “Sounds of Hope.” “Sounds of Hope” is an ecologically inspired work of field recordings and ambient music that celebrates the remaining natural spaces near the artist’s home in North Portland. These songs trace the perilous migrations of the northern red-legged frog, express the power and beauty felt within one of the last stands of old growth forest in the Portland area, and say farewell to a superfund site just blocks from her house that is now being restored after 70 years of industrial pollution to make way for a nature park for native species of plants and animals. Patricia will share the hidden sounds from these spaces that she has gathered with her various microphones and will perform music to accompany them that honors the existence of the many living beings who have called this area home for millennia. These compositions are made with the intention of inspiring people from all over the world to look and listen to the unique natural environment around where they live and seek out ways to protect and restore their local habitats so that all living creatures can thrive. A talk between the Tulsa-based artist Brad Rose and Patricia Wolf will commence after the performance.