My work has always been more about invitation than instruction or direction. Engaging with sound in a mindful way has been the single most empowering aspect of my life. I believe in its transformative powers and have been inspired and committed to finding ways extend this experience to others. Brenda Hutchinson was born in Trenton, […]
Experimental Musical Instruments by Peter Whitehead
The exhibit represents a portion of the instruments created by Peter Whitehead over a 20 year period. Whitehead is a composer, songwriter and instrument builder. His instrument building grew out of his earlier work with sculpture made from found materials and a fascination with sound which began in childhood. While traveling in S.E. Asia […]
Kronos at 40: Instruments from the Collection
This exhibit features large sculptural instruments that were created for Kronos by Walter Kitundu, Victor Gama and others. Violinist David Harrington explains: “Composers and fellow musicians have learned about our fascination with the wide world of sounds and now, to our delight, frequently bring us instrumental gifts to add to our collection. As our palette […]
Four Pieces: Works by Walter Kitundu
Artist Walter Kitundu brings his unique vision to the Center for New Music’s window gallery with FOUR PIECES, presented by Thingamajigs. Please join us for the opening reception, which will include an artist talk and brief performance. We Are Everything We Are Not is a reflection on the nature of our personal and collective meanderings. […]
Sound In Motion: the Sonic Clothing of Bob Marsh
The work of Bob Marsh over the past two and a half years in the creation of “sonic clothing” brings together, in a uniquely dynamic way, his passion for making sculpture, avnat-garde music and dance. Beginning with materials from everyday life—plastic water bottles, tape, newspaper pictures—he transforms them to highlight various sound producing capacities, both […]
Invented Instruments by David Samas
This exhibition of work by David Samas features instruments fashioned from raw materials, for his chamber opera The Green Wood, a genre-bending sonic romp through the world’s forests. The Green Wood seeks to uncover the voice, point of view, and inner life of the forest soundscape as it evolves from the silence before dawn, through […]
Experimental Musical Instruments by Bart Hopkin
Bart Hopkin is a designer and builder of unconventional musical instruments, and a student of musical instruments worldwide. For many years he was publisher and editor of the quarterly journal Experimental Musical Instruments, and he has written several books on musical instruments and their construction. In playing the instruments and performing with them, his focus […]