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June 12, 2013
Arts
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ENTERTAINMENT
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Showdogs
Composer Ellen Fullman performs her room-sized string instrument. The power-amplified piano wire
strings are being installed to fit the gallery at Yale Union, 800 S.E. 10th Ave. The public can watch
the installation and join Fullman for a June 20 performance.
Music on a Long Thin Wire
Yale Union will welcome com
poser Ellen Fullman and her Long
String Instrument, installed specifi
cally for a Thursday, June 20 perfor
mance at 7:30p.m.
The week prior, Yale Union, 800
S.E. 10th Ave., will be open to the
public for the installation of Alvin
Lucier’s Long Thin Wire.
In 1977, Alvin Lucier built an
instrument by clamping a long metal
piano wire to tables at both ends a
room, connecting the ends of the
wire to the loudspeaker terminals of
a power amplifier and connecting a
sine wave oscillator to the amplifier.
Fullman will perform her room
sized string instrument built to fit
the upstairs gallery at Yale Union.
“The first thing one observes is
that the string vibrates as a whole,”
Fullman said. “You can see it mov
ing up and down its entire length.
The sound it produces as it vibrates
as a whole is the fundamental pitch.
That’s the tone you hear and iden
tify. Its pitch is determined by the
tautness, weight, mass, and length
of the string.”
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Jazz and the Earth’s Sustainability
Seasoned composer, performer,
and Portland State professor Darrell
Grant will be holding a lecture at the
Walters Cultural Arts Center for its
spoken word series.
-Grant’s lecture not-so-surpris-
ingly will focus on music and its
affect on sustainable environment,
development, and economic growth
alike. He’s entitled it “Jazz as an
Ecology.” The event will be held on
Tuesday, June 18 at 7 p.m.
The jazz chart-topper has been a
guest on M arian M acPartland’s
“Piano Jazz” on National Public
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Radio and has been praise
for his storytelling abilitie
by various respected outlet:
The Walters Cultural Art
Center is located at 527 E
Main St. in Hillsboro. Addi
tional information on th
spoken word series can b
found on ci.hillsboro.or.us
wcac.
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