I was recently asked when I started designing slideshows/projections for the Newberry Consort. My current bio pinpoints 2012 as the date, and it’s close enough, but the semi-formal question got me thinking about the details. So I dug out my main trove of saved programs and tried to put together the timline. Ellen and David…
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As part of a series of online events taking Newberry Consort audiences “behind the scenes,” I’ll be a featured speaker on March 15, 2021. Join us!
It’s the organological details on the cats-n-dogs-ichord that get me: paws coming out the front, helper grabbing tails at the back. Does the player touch the paws or the keys? Is the tail-grabber like the guy who works the pumps on an organ? See the whole thing at the Rijksmuseum here.
