In a Landscape: Classical Music in The Wild (Jack London State Historic Park)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

For the fourth year, classical pianist and naturalist Hunter Noack will bring IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild™ to Jack London State Historic Park.

On May 23 and 24, 2025, the groundbreaking concert series will transform how audiences experience classical music by removing it from the confines of traditional concert halls and placing it in the great outdoors.

Vineyards, redwood forests, and sunny meadows will replace the traditional concert hall as audiences listen through state-of-the-art wireless headphones, wandering freely with the music as a soundtrack to their experience.

The concerts at Jack London State Historic Park will be performed at 5-6:30 p.m. in the winery ruins. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy the park, bring a picnic and favorite beverages, plus lawn chairs or blankets to sit on (seating is not provided).

During the concert, the headsets will carry the music throughout the meadow, the historic winery ruins and around the Londons’ cottage and barns.

Tickets are $45 (plus $10 per vehicle park entry fee).  For Friday, May 23, tickets are available at https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/38jyndw7x7.   For Saturday, May 23, tickets can be purchased at https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/qpxvvkd2xe.   These concerts are expected to sell out so early ticket purchase is advised.

For more information about IN A LANDSCAPE visit www.inalandscape.org.

Founded by Noack in 2016 with a mission to remove barriers to live classical music and foster a deeper connection to the natural world, IN A LANDSCAPE has presented over 300 concerts to 75,000 attendees, many of whom had never attended a classical music event before.

By partnering with national and state parks, land trusts, conservancies, historical societies, Native American reservations, and schools, the series brings music to rural communities where such opportunities are often scarce. In alignment with its nonprofit mission to make concerts accessible to all, IN A LANDSCAPE subsidizes ticket pricing at 95% of its concerts and distributes over $100,000 in free tickets annually through its Good Neighbor Program.

The concerts are designed to inspire a sense of quiet contemplation and free-spirited play, encouraging audience members to fully engage with the music and the landscape around them.

The series has won multiple awards and has been featured on CBS Mornings, in the Los Angeles Times, Portland Monthly, on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud and Art Beat, and as part of TEDxPortland.

Named after John Cage’s composition “In a Landscape,” Noack’s series embraces the avant-garde composer’s ethos of redefining how we listen to and experience music.

“What surprises me every concert,” says Noack, “are the moments of serendipity—when the leaves blow or the birds dance perfectly in time with the music, as if choreographed by a divine hand. In those moments of magic, I feel such gratitude for classical music and the parks and wild lands in which we play.”

Hunter Noack, the founder and artistic director of IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild,™ was born in Newport, Oregon in 1988, he grew up hunting, fishing, and kayaking the rivers of Oregon.

Steeped in literary history, Jack London State Historic Park evokes a sense of adventure and inspiration. The 1,565-acre park was once the home and ranch of Jack London and his second wife, Charmian Kittredge London. Charmian was Jack’s life and literary companion, authoring many accounts of adventures they navigated together. The park is a unique blend of stunning landscapes and historic buildings, managed by Jack London Park Partners. The group is the first non-profit organization to take up management of a state park on behalf of the people of California, having saved it from closure in 2012 due to state budgetary cuts.

Plan to spend time here before the concert, touring the ruins of Jack and Charmian’s Wolf House that burned before they moved in, the cottage they lived in for many years, and Charmian’s later home that is now a museum of their lives and travels. With panoramic views of the oak-studded hills, the park reflects London’s love for the land, a sentiment he shared with its forebearers — the Pomo, Coast Miwok, and Wappo peoples.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.