Jake Runestad (MM ’11, Composition) recently finished a commissioned work for Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare. One of the finest choirs in the country, Conspirare won a 2015 Grammy® award for Best Choral Performance. Runestad’s piece Come to the Woods is a setting of texts by John Muir, the famed naturalist and environmentalist, and explores humanity’s relationship with the natural world. The piece will be performed in May.