Landmarks announces the 2025-2026 lineup of its signature music programs, Songs in the Skyspace and Listening with Landmarks. The programs offer unique opportunities to explore Landmarks’ collection of modern and contemporary art through a musical lens.
Listening with Landmarks features playlists by Austin music notables, curated in response to works from UT’s public art collection. Songs in the Skyspace showcases a diverse mix of voices and instruments, with monthly performances inside James Turrell’s immersive Skyspace, The Color Inside. The programs are proudly sponsored by KUT/KUTX and KMFA, respectively.
Listening with Landmarks
Listening with Landmarks launches its seventh season with a playlist by Pelvis Wrestley. Led by Benjamin Violet, the band blends synth-pop and country to create a genre-bending sound that has earned critical acclaim for its emotional depth, vivid storytelling, and bold visual style. For their playlist, the band responded to Prometheus and Vulture, a sculpture by Koren Der Harootian, with tracks from Kate Bush, Bjork, St. Vincent, and others.
In the following months, playlists will be released from R&B star Grace Sorensen; guitarist Jeremy Baker from TIGERS EYE; Bluegrass-Americana duo The McKinleys; neo-soul art rock band lluvii; singer-songwriter Somebody Someone; cellist and Butler School of Music professor Bion Tsang; jazz singer Sarah Sharp; Latin pop band Chicoselfie; and dreampop band keepsake.
The playlists cut across musical genres to include jazz, rock, Classical, Tejano, folk, R&B, and country. One playlist is released each month and is available on Landmarks’ website, social media channels, and on Spotify.
Songs in the Skyspace
Songs in the Skyspace returns September 28 with a performance by country singer and UT student Kylie Hernandez. The season also includes: Elaine Barber, principal harpist for the Austin Symphony; Nigerian R&B singer Christelle Bofale; New York-based jazz singer Eloise Carter Walne; an ensemble from the Grammy-winning choral group Conspirare; Filipino duo Kapwa, and a special holiday-themed performance from singer-songwriter Lesly Reynaga.
September 28, 2025: Kylie Hernandez
October 19, 2025: Elaine Barber
November 16, 2025: Butler School of Music Ensemble
December 8, 2025: Lesly Reynaga (Special Holiday Performance!)
December 14, 2025: Christelle Bofale
January 17, 2026: Eloise Carter Walne
February 15, 2026: Conspirare
March 8, 2026: Austin Soundwaves
April 12, 2026: Kapwa
All performances are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. They are released two days prior to each performance, at noon, and available on the Turrell website.
The intimate performances are held within James Turell’s Skyspace, an immersive, freestanding art installation located in the heart of the UT campus. Each sunrise and sunset, a pre-programmed light sequence fills the space with brilliant washes of color. Through Turrell’s masterful manipulation of light, the sequences cause the sky to appear in unimaginable hues. Among Austin’s most celebrated cultural destinations, the Skyspace is visited by more than 75,000 people each year.
Landmarks thanks KUT/KUTX and KMFA for their generous support of our music programs.