MASS Ensemble and Wright Way Organic Resource Center in Malibu Present A Symphonic Stringing of the Earth"

MASS Ensemble, a collaborative project that blends sculpture, music, and movement, will partner with the Wright Way Organic Resource Center to present A Symphonic Stringing of the Earth". Performances are June 28 at 8pm, June 29 at 7pm and June 30 at 5pm, 2002. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $25 for adults. For tickets call (310) 317-1936. Performances are at the Wright Land, 24680 Piuma Rd., Malibu, CA. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic to these performances.

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             contact: MASS Ensemble/ Holly Rothschild 773.862.9029
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MASS Ensemble and Wright Way Organic Resource Center in Malibu Present
A Symphonic Stringing of the Earth"

MASS Ensemble, a collaborative project that blends sculpture, music, and movement, will partner with the Wright Way Organic Resource Center to present A Symphonic Stringing of the Earth". Performances are June 28 at 8pm, June 29 at 7pm and June 30 at 5pm, 2002. Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $25 for adults. For tickets call (310) 317-1936. Performances are at the Wright Land, 24680 Piuma Rd., Malibu, CA. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic to these performances.

Frank Lloyd Wright stated, architecture is frozen music". From this statement MASS Ensemble and the Wright Way have created a project that explores the musical and spatial relationships of sound to natural structures. Over 15,000 feet of musical brass wire will stretch from an outdoor stage to the top of Mountain Peak transforming the earth into a giant harp. Audience members will watch the performance from under a canopy of musical strings stretching thousands of feet over their heads engulfing them in vibration. MASS Ensemble will perform their unique musical arrangements on the strings accompanied by cello, bass, percussion, and movement.

Performances will also include some of the Ensembles other unique instrumentation. Drumbrella, a giant spinning drum sculpture; Wing Body Harp, a spiny wing structure brought to life through movement; and the 26 foot Long Bow Harp. These instruments are unique to MASS as they were invented by Ensemble member Bill Close. After each performance, audience members will be invited to play all of the Ensembles invented instruments.

When MASS Ensemble strings and plays an environment, its structural elements are translated into musical form. The rhythm and pattern of the landscape are called forth and explored aurally and kinetically.    

The science of long string resonance is being developed by Bill Close and the MASS Ensemble team. Through the exploration of the compression wave, they have learned to tune and perform on strings ranging from 20 to 700 feet in length.

MORE ABOUT MASS....... The MASS Ensemble creates their own compositions and adapts traditional music into arrangements that are performed with the symphonic sounds of their architectural stringed instruments.

MASS Ensemble is internationally known for their large-scale architectural installations. Recent performance installations include The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC; The Field Museum in Chicago; The World Financial Center in New York City; Mies van der Rohes Crown Hall in Chicago; Taliesin West in Scottsdale; Science Museum of Minnesota; and The Prudential Center in Boston where golden strings stretched over 700 feet to the top of the skyscraper.

The Ensembles recordings have been featured on WNYCs New Sounds Live" Program, ESPNs Extreme Sports, National Public Radio, and a PBS Documentary. They have been featured on CNN, VH-1, ABC, CBS, NBC and various news stations and publications throughout the US and abroad.

MORE ABOUT WRIGHT WAY ...An organization dedicated to teaching the concepts of Organic Architecture through the areas of architectural, ecological, social, artistic and spiritual activities. Ultimately, to create an environment for contemplation and exchange at the rustic settings on the Wrights property.

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