The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, music, Will Redman ’98, visual & performing arts, and Rob Wolk ’11, music, performs Friday, October 4 in the program Feeling Different — an event that “explores what it means to feel different.”

“When is [feeling different] a good thing, or a bad thing? Empowering, or marginalizing? When does difference generate harmony, and when chaos?”

Attendance is free, but registration is required for attendance. Please email Peter Bruun at peter@bruunstudios.com, to reserve your space. Bruun Studios is located at:
302 E. Federal Street
4th Floor
Baltimore, MD

Reposted from Insights

From the Baltimore Sun:

It takes a little time to unroll “Scroll,” a composition by Baltimore composer Will Redman, since it’s on paper that measures 8 feet long, 8 inches wide. It takes even longer to digest.

Although there are four distinct lines of music on the elongated page, indicating at least four players, there’s no specification of instruments.

So how do you perform such a piece? Ask Redman and he’ll just say: “That’s up to you.”

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