Behind the Music: Composer Scott Ordway

Join us for a special edition of the Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series—an intimate, onstage conversation with composer Scott Ordway and cellist Josh Halpern, Artistic Director of the Cultural Caravan. Together, they’ll explore the creative process behind Scott’s new composition Letters to My Daughters, the Cultural Caravan’s first-ever commissioned work.

Written as a series of musical and textual reflections to his young daughters, Letters to My Daughters responds to the political, environmental, and social uncertainty of our time. It asks how we speak to the next generation about the future they’re inheriting—and how music can hold space for both personal reflection and broader cultural questions.

About Scott Ordway: Scott Ordway is a Philadelphia-based composer and multimedia artist whose acclaimed work often blends music, text, video, and photography to explore themes of ecology, philosophy, and the American West. His compositions have been performed at Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, and the Aspen Music Festival…