On Saturday evening Arcosanti hosted the sixth annual Different Skies Festival, a dinner-and-concert event featuring music by an international convention of experimental electronic musicians in the Colly Soleri Music Amphitheater. Visitors first enjoyed a feast of lemon basil salmon, white beans with tarragon, rice pilaf, cream of artichoke soup, spring greens, and fruit salad with homemade cardamom cookies.
Pictured from left to right. Bottom row: Rus Foster, Jim Combs, David Herpich, Giles Reeves. Middle Row: Klimchak, Jeannie Allen, Mike Metlay, Jonathan Mills, Otso Pakarinen. Top Row: Jeff Kunzelman, Greg Waltzer,Bill Fox, Allen Goodman, Tim Walters, Greg Hurley, Kevin Haller, Nick Rothwell, John Rossi, Ivan Schwartz
[Photo: sa & text: Lissa McCullough]
Following dessert, the audience gathered to hear the 20 or so musicians and composers of Different Skies perform the soaring electronic compositions that they had created and rehearsed over the preceding six days of intensive collaboration on site. The ensemble employs a variety of electronic technologies to produce imaginative musical effects ranging from placid soundscapes to rousing rhythms, and even “a violent altercation” between three P3 Sequencers.
After delighting the audience with a dozen such new compositions, including “Conquering the Void” and “Clock Blocker,” the group played a few spontaneously improvised pieces to bring the lovely evening to a creative culmination.
More Concert photos.
[Photo: Hong Waltzer & text: Lissa McCullough]
Posted by sue on September 22, 2008 3:45:40 PM MST