Professor Soren Larsen teaches his Introduction to the Humanized Earth class at the University of Missouri on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Larsen’s lectures focus on how geography can be connected to anything related to the human being and its history.
From a family of musicians, Soren Larsen always had the art present in his life. As a kid, his family would move frequently because of his parents’ life as musicians. Even though he felt in love with music, he understood that it could become more than an enjoyment growing up, “I felt that music could become something that I would not enjoy as much as if it were a hobby,” said Larsen. When he was fifteen, as his family started going west, he became interested in indigenous life. The family settled in Illinois, and Larsen decided to study anthropology at Illinois State University, and later in life focus his studies on the Cheslatta people of British Columbia. Nowadays, he is a professor and Department Chair of the University of Missouri Geography Department. Even though his schedule is full, he always finds sometime to enjoy what he loves, Larsen is the guitar player for the Classic Rock band Flyover Country. The group released its first album, during summer 2019, and they have been doing gigs around Columbia twice a month. Larsen sees music as a way to escape his professional and personal problems, as if he were entering a zone and forgetting everything else.
From left to right, Flyover Country members Soren Larsen, Brad Crum and Steve Watts rehearse at Watts basement on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. The band was preparing to play at the Rocheport General Store, their next concert after playing at Rose Music Hall in the beginning of the month.
From left to right, Cheslatta tribe traditional baby clothes, an old geography book and Larsen’s last project “I Want You to Invite the World,” about the Cheslatta Carrier Nation in British Columbia, sit at his office at the University of Missouri, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Larsen has been involved with this indigenous community since 1998, when he was working on his master’s thesis.
Larsen plays the guitar at Flyover Country’s concert at the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. The store is tiny for a rock concert, that said, the musicians could not play as loud as normally, “The volume we played at the rehearsal is going to be the same that we are going to do here, it’s a shame that we cannot use our full potential,” said Larsen.
Larsen’s strings and fingers move at high speed as he plays his solo in “Too Thick to Drink” at the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. The song receives part of their first album’s name “Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow” that was released on summer of 2019.
Larsen walks to his car to pack the band instruments and equipment, in front of the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. This process is really long and normally occurs right after they finish performing, the fact that they don’t have an assistant make the job worse.
The name Soren Larsen is showed at his office door. His office is at the University of Missouri Geography Department, located at Stewart Hall. Larsen is normally busy the entire day and has to have lunch while working on future lectures and answering emails.
From a family of musicians, Soren Larsen always had the art present in his life. As a kid, his family would move frequently because of his parents’ life as musicians. Even though he felt in love with music, he understood that it could become more than an enjoyment growing up, “I felt that music could become something that I would not enjoy as much as if it were a hobby,” said Larsen. When he was fifteen, as his family started going west, he became interested in indigenous life. The family settled in Illinois, and Larsen decided to study anthropology at Illinois State University, and later in life focus his studies on the Cheslatta people of British Columbia. Nowadays, he is a professor and Department Chair of the University of Missouri Geography Department. Even though his schedule is full, he always finds sometime to enjoy what he loves, Larsen is the guitar player for the Classic Rock band Flyover Country. The group released its first album, during summer 2019, and they have been doing gigs around Columbia twice a month. Larsen sees music as a way to escape his professional and personal problems, as if he were entering a zone and forgetting everything else.
Professor Soren Larsen teaches his Introduction to the Humanized Earth class at the University of Missouri on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Larsen’s lectures focus on how geography can be connected to anything related to the human being and its history.
From a family of musicians, Soren Larsen always had the art present in his life. As a kid, his family would move frequently because of his parents’ life as musicians. Even though he felt in love with music, he understood that it could become more than an enjoyment growing up, “I felt that music could become something that I would not enjoy as much as if it were a hobby,” said Larsen. When he was fifteen, as his family started going west, he became interested in indigenous life. The family settled in Illinois, and Larsen decided to study anthropology at Illinois State University, and later in life focus his studies on the Cheslatta people of British Columbia. Nowadays, he is a professor and Department Chair of the University of Missouri Geography Department. Even though his schedule is full, he always finds sometime to enjoy what he loves, Larsen is the guitar player for the Classic Rock band Flyover Country. The group released its first album, during summer 2019, and they have been doing gigs around Columbia twice a month. Larsen sees music as a way to escape his professional and personal problems, as if he were entering a zone and forgetting everything else.
From left to right, Flyover Country members Soren Larsen, Brad Crum and Steve Watts rehearse at Watts basement on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. The band was preparing to play at the Rocheport General Store, their next concert after playing at Rose Music Hall in the beginning of the month.
From left to right, Cheslatta tribe traditional baby clothes, an old geography book and Larsen’s last project “I Want You to Invite the World,” about the Cheslatta Carrier Nation in British Columbia, sit at his office at the University of Missouri, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Larsen has been involved with this indigenous community since 1998, when he was working on his master’s thesis.
Larsen plays the guitar at Flyover Country’s concert at the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. The store is tiny for a rock concert, that said, the musicians could not play as loud as normally, “The volume we played at the rehearsal is going to be the same that we are going to do here, it’s a shame that we cannot use our full potential,” said Larsen.
Larsen’s strings and fingers move at high speed as he plays his solo in “Too Thick to Drink” at the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. The song receives part of their first album’s name “Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow” that was released on summer of 2019.
Larsen walks to his car to pack the band instruments and equipment, in front of the Rocheport General Store on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Rocheport, Missouri. This process is really long and normally occurs right after they finish performing, the fact that they don’t have an assistant make the job worse.
The name Soren Larsen is showed at his office door. His office is at the University of Missouri Geography Department, located at Stewart Hall. Larsen is normally busy the entire day and has to have lunch while working on future lectures and answering emails.
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