Steve Reich turns 80 this fall, and Miller Theatre joins with concert halls around the world to celebrate this iconic American composer. Rather than reprising the composer’s classics, we’ll partner with regular Reich collaborators Ensemble Signal to spotlight two large-ensemble works deserving of greater attention: the Daniel Variations and You Are Variations. The former is a moving tribute to journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped in Pakistan in 2002; the latter, an energizing meditation on the self—its essence, its relationship to the divine, and how it comes to life in our actions.