Orion Series in Fine Arts Lecture Janet Schmalfeldt, music theorist Brahms and the Unreliable Narrative Janet Schmalfeldt (PhD Yale, 1979) is a prominent music theorist and pianist. She is the author of a book on Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck (Yale University Press, 1983) and has published widely on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century music. Her book In […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts Lecture Janet Schmalfeldt, music theorist Probing Schenker’s Graphs of Schumann’s Dichterliebe Song 2 Janet Schmalfeldt (PhD Yale, 1979) is a prominent music theorist and pianist. She is the author of a book on Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck (Yale University Press, 1983) and has published widely on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century music. Her book […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts Sean Costello, Audio algorithm engineer In this technical presentation, with examples in Max/MSP, Costello will demonstrate how to design various plugins including tapped delays (echo), all-pass delays, comb filters (feedback echo), 4 delay FDN (Stautner/Puckette), feedback delay networks, Moorer reverb (introduction to frequency damping), nonlinear reverbs, reverse reverbs and more. […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts Sean Costello, Audio algorithm engineer This talk focuses on the general concepts of echoes and reverb in music. Starting with a brief discussion of how echoes and reverb were traditionally perceived by early cultures, it moves into the musical use of these effects. The technology advances of the 20th century […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts guest talk Bill Coleman, dancer/choreographer Gordon Monahan, composer Bill Coleman and Gordon Monahan discuss their show, Dollhouse, as well as demonstrate the body sensors used in the performance and the physical preparation for the work. They will present an abridged performance of Dollhouse on March 7. Dollhouse depicts a man […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts Dollhouse Unplugged Bill Coleman, dancer/choreographer Gordon Monahan, composer The theatrical performance, Dollhouse, depicts a man whose world is literally falling down on top of him. Informed by such diverse sources as Artaud to The Three Stooges, Bill Coleman is a man out of sync with his surroundings as he tap-dances […]

Orion Series in Fine Arts Susan McDonald, guitarist and advocate Lecture: Bringing Music to War Ravaged Zones Susan McDonald is internationally known and respected as a performer and advocate of musicians in places of strife. In this lecture, Ms. McDonald describes her experiences bringing a message of music and hope to endangered refugees and artists […]