Cornell University

Dept of Music, 101 Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4101, USA

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POSTPONED: this concert will be rescheduled for the spring semester

Midday Music: New music quartet Yarn/Wire presents a performance of Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri’s Quartet for Motors and Resonant Bodies, followed by a talk.

Quartet for Motors and Resonant Bodies
Conceived and Composed by Marianthi Papalexandri Alexandri
Mechanical devices designed by Marianthi and Pe Lang

Quartet for Motors and Resonant Bodies combines acoustic instruments (resonant bodies) and motor driven devices that function both as sound sources themselves and as active preparations that determine speed, dynamics and other musical parameters. The result is a slow, purposeful "unfolding" of sound: an intense procedural sequence of extremely minimal slow-motion movements produces complex and concentrated sustained sounds and textures over time.

Commissioned by Yarn/Wire. 

Premiered at Issue Project Room, New York.

Materials: motors, elastic cord, drum heads, piano, sand paper, wood, bead chain, foam board, log drums, rosin

Image: Yarn/Wire

Year: 2013

Video: Ross Karre 

Compliance with the university's mask mandate will be required for all audience members.

Please note the following public health requirements:

All attendees who are current Cornell students or employees must show their Cornell ID for admission to the event. Cornell employees attending indoor events must complete the Daily Check prior to attendance.

All attendees who are not current Cornell employees or students (such as alumni, visitors, guests, parents, community members, third party event attendees and others) must provide one of the following: 1) proof of being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 with an FDA- or WHO-authorized vaccine; 2) results of a negative FDA- or DOH-authorized PCR, rapid PCR, or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) COVID-19 test collected within 72 hours of the event start; or 3) an FDA-authorized antigen test performed on a specimen collected within six hours of the event start.

 

 

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