COMPOSING

Fire/Land: Knowing the Territory is an original "art-rock opera" by Paul and Ameera Godwin that weaves music, poetry, and visual storytelling into an ecological journey. Drawing from Indigenous land practices, contemporary fire science, and lived experience of wildfire, the work explores the ways fire shapes identity, culture, and resilience. The opera invites audiences into a deeper relationship with land — honoring both its fragility and its power to renew. The work premiered at Wakamatsu Farm in 2023 with actors and Main Street Collective performing.

Ambient electronic Venezuelan/North American duo (Paul Godwin / Miguel Noya), DOGON, have been making music together since 1981. Though geographically separate, they have consistently created luminous sounds with passion and humor for nearly three decades. Called “the best of progressive ambient” by WIRED Magazine, their 1997 release The Sirius Expeditions was critically acclaimed and nominated for the California Music Awards (Best Electronic/Dance album). Individually, the two have collaborated with artists around the globe inlcluding Tony Kushner, Meredith Monk, Steve Roach, Robert Jürjendal, Kai Eckhardt, David Rothenberg, David Zambrano, Carlos Zerpa, Sammy Cucher, Clara Ponty, Jhno, Zoe Keating, Amee Evans, Tom Brennan, Colin Edwin, Miguel Toro.

Myrtle Tree Arts presents the soft-launch of The Botanist - a plant-based song cycle by Ameera and Paul Godwin at Ripe Area 2025 - The Art of Native Plants Festival, Sept. 21st, 2025 at Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville. This highly original work will feature guest performers Anni McCann, Caitlyn Miller, Elena DeLacy, Alex Porte, Dustin Koupal, Crispy Sircello, Rebecca Wilson and Paul & Ameera Godwin.