Fest pays homage to the electric guitar.Byline: Scott McLennan Listening to the radio or plugged into your iPod, you would notice if a song came along missing an element of electric guitar. But that wasn't always the case, and there was a time when electric guitar was something of a renegade instrument. "When the electric guitar was new, its sound was considered exciting and dangerous," said Clark University Clark University, at Worcester, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1887, opened as a graduate school 1889. It was the second graduate school to be formed in the United States. Its undergraduate college (est. 1902) was integrated with the university in 1920. music professor Matthew Malsky. "A measure of the instrument's success is how completely ubiquitous the sound of electric guitar is now." But Malsky believes that the electric guitar has more excitement to offer, so he and fellow provocateur pro·vo·ca·teur n. An agent provocateur. Noun 1. provocateur - a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts agent provocateur David Claman, an adjunct professor at Lehman College-CUNY, created a forum to, as Malsky explained, "recapture recapture n. in income tax, the requirement that the taxpayer pay the amount of tax savings from past years due to accelerated depreciation or deferred capital gains upon sale of property. (See: income tax) RECAPTURE, war. the danger." Thus there is the Extensible Electric Guitar Festival happening tomorrow and Saturday at Clark University. The event will feature concerts on both evenings and on Saturday have listening sessions and a symposium during the day. A full schedule of events is available online at www.clarku.edu/faculty/mmalsky/xeg/xeg.html. Malsky put out an open call to performers and composers in January and attracted participants from Germany, Canada and various locales in this country. The festival aimed to feature unusual music, unusual process or simply unusual guitars, Malsky said. Thus the performances will be heavy on work that electronically manipulates the already amplified tones of electric guitar, or feature guitars that physically change to create their unique sounds. The performers come from backgrounds ranging from classical music to jazz. Some brand new compositions will be performed, and there will be celebrations of music by such guitar innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. as Fred Frith Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor. Probably best-known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-garde rock group Henry Cow. Regardless of approach, Malsky said the festival will strive to go beyond the normal boundaries of classical music, art music, and rock music to find some new frontiers New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental for an instrument that can still be exciting even as it has become iconic i·con·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having the character of an icon. 2. Having a conventional formulaic style. Used of certain memorial statues and busts. . The festival is free and open to the public. The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday and take place in Razzo Recital Recital - dBASE-like language and DBMS from Recital Corporation. Versions include Vax VMS. Hall in Clark's Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St., Worcester. What: Extensible Electric Guitar Festival When: Tomorrow and Saturday Where: Clark University, Worcester For information: Visit www.clarku.edu/faculty/-mmalsky/xeg/xeg.html |
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