In 1974, composer and performer David Tudor dreamed of an Orchestra of Loudspeakers—each unique and capable of different sounds, like the instruments in a classical orchestra. He later composed a series of works called Rainforest to realize this dream.

In Rainforest, found objects and carefully constructed materials are arranged throughout a space. Special devices called “tactile transducers” are attached to the objects, allowing performers to activate them with sounds of their own choice, creating what Tudor called “an electronic ecosystem.” Due to the specific resonance frequencies of each object, each one becomes a very unique loudspeaker.

The concert will be preceded by a workshop by Phil Edelstein, one of David Tudor’s original collaborators and a founding member of his legendary collective, Composers inside Electronics. Join us for an evening of new works inspired by Tudor’s visionary approach to sound, space, and materiality.