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Sound + Vision = Music that dances around the archictecture
UT’s Visual Arts Center will morph into an architectural instrument Friday night thanks to innovative Austin composer Travis Weller and equally adventurous percussion ensemble Line Upon Line.
Weller, director of Austin’s New Music Co-op, has composed a piece for the ensemble to play on steel portico the fronts the new UT kunsthalle. Speakers will amplify the sounds emitting from the steel beams to allow resonant sounds to diffuse and interplay with the live sound-making.
The free performance happens during the VAC’s “Sound + Vision” program on Friday night from 6 to 9 p.m.
We’re fairly certain dancing to the music made from the VAC’s architecture will be allowed.
Before the Line Upon Line takes to the portico music-making, John-Mike Reed of Handmade Music Austin will guide a do-it-yourself workshop featuring his PicoPaso, a stepped tone noise synthesizer. Participants can buy a PicoPaso kit for $25, assemble it, and join Reed in an impromtu concert. .
Sound + Vision
When: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday
Where: UT Visual Arts Center, Art Building, E. 23rd St. on the UT campus
Free
www.utvac.org
Photo by Ralph Barrera/American-Statesman.
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