Paterson: a musical and visual response to
William Carlos Williams' poem

This musical and visual response to the poem, Paterson, is the work of two artists whose lives have long been influenced by the poetry and writings of William Carlos Williams, and by Paterson, New Jersey.

Dr. Frederick Adler, composer and medical doctor, has since adolescence seen Dr. William Carlos Williams as a sort of mentor, inspiring the possibility of combining a serious artistic life with the practice of medicine. He responds to the poem Paterson in a symphonic work for orchestra and piano.

Jonathan Sinagub, architect and visual artist, is a longtime student and observer of the town of Paterson, NJ. It was the subject of his Master's thesis in Urban Planning at MIT. He revisits Paterson in imagery, which includes its old factories, buildings, people and of course the Passaic Falls.


Sunday in the Park - An art exhibition at the Paterson Museum

Sunday in the Park | Saturday, Sep 14th thru Ocober 20th, 2019 @ The Paterson Museum

 
Sunday in the Park Poster in English

Sunday in the Park Poster in Spanish


Exhibition Reception, September 14, 2019
@ The Paterson Museum - Photo Gallery 1/2




Exhibition Reception, September 14, 2019
@ The Paterson Museum - Photo Gallery 2/2





Videos from 2017 Exhibition






Click here to see the Paterson Project video (2017) - an attempt to encapsulate a few minutes of our vision of a live performance of both the music and the images.

A Symphonic Work for Orchestra & Piano by Frederick Adler     /     A string of images rendered as a visual poem by Jonathan Sinagub
Paterson Symphony video

The Paterson Video Excerpt

Excerpts from the orchestral work and complementary imagery

buy the Paterson Orchestral Work scores

The Score

Available to individual performers and institutions

Key People

Meet the artists who respond to William Carlos William's poem Paterson in music and imagery

The Video

A Response to the Poem Paterson in Sound and Images