by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Kronos Quartet collaborating with sound artist, composer, and instrument creator Walter Kitundu on a composition/installation for the instruments of the string quartet and one or more “phonoharps”-beautifully crafted multi-stringed phonograph turntables...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra collaborating with composer Jake Heggie to create a music drama based on classic legends from Metamorphosis. The finished 20-minute music drama features a period instrument orchestra with soprano and mezzo soloists and is the first new...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Traditional Arts
Collaborating with the African American Art and Culture Complex, Nigerian sculptor Geoffrey Nwogu is creating a bas relief installation that captures the form and colors of a typical Mbari house, a project based in the Igbo cultural tradition and philosophy of...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Performing Arts
Rova Saxophone Quartet collaborating with Bay Area-based Butoh dancer Shinichi Momo Iova-Koga on the creation and presentation of a multidisciplinary performance work, “Glass Head,” that brings together master improvisers in dance and music. The performers...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2005 | 2005, Traditional Arts
California Academy of Science’s Traditional Arts Program collaborating with Afro-Peruvian percussionist Lalo Izquierdo and Bolivian musician Oscar Reynolds to create new musical compositions that combine Bolivian Indian and Afro-Andean music, drawing attention...
