Alum 'zaps' Museum of Science
Composer Christine Southworth (S.B. 2002) rehearses "Zap!," a composition in which the Van de Graaff generator provides static and flashing lights for her musical composition with flutes, guitar, cello, bass, piano, robots and human voices. "Zap!" will be performed at the Museum of Science's Theater of Electricity (Science Park, Boston) on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. as part of the Cambridge Science Festival. Tickets cost $10; for more information, see cambridgesciencefestival.org/. Photo / Bill Southworth A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on April 25, 2007 (download PDF). |
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RELATEDAlumna makes music outside the rules - Christine Southworth's latest composition for generator, robots, instruments and voices features some high-voltage star-power -- the 40-foot-tall Van de Graaff (VDG) generator at the Museum of Science in Boston. 2/2/2005 ArtTalk: Christine Southworth - Lynn Heinemann of the Office of the Arts asked composer Christine Southworth why she chose to cast the 40-foot de Graaff generator in "Zap!" 2/2/2005 More: Alumni/ae More: Music technology |
