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In Duluth, MASS Ensemble Artistic Director William Close plays the 100-foot-long earth harp.
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The Duluth Superior Symphony performs Carmina Burana with the MASS Ensemble, including earth harp, aquatar, and percussion.
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The world’s largest harp was the centerpiece of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra’s April fundraiser, a collaboration with the MASS Ensemble, whose name stands for Music, Architecture, Sculpture, and Sound. At the performance, the 100-footlong earth harp, developed by MASS Artistic Director William Close, stretched from the stage to the rafters, over the heads of performers The aquatar, a hybrid and audience members. Concertmaster Erin of electric bass, Alridge created an arrangement of Carl Orff’s electric guitar, and sitar Carmina Burana featuring herself on electric violin, the earth harp, and the rest of the MASS Ensemble arsenal: various percussion instruments and the aquatar, which combines electric bass, electric guitar, and sitar. DSSO Music Director Markand Thakar led a program that included excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird and solo numbers from MASS Ensemble members. About 450 people attended the event, held at Clyde Iron Works, an abandoned foundry renovated into a restaurant and entertainment venue.
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The MASS Ensemble’s earth harp, the world’s largest harp
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Stanley E. Romanstein, an experienced nonprofit executive, scholar, and educator with extensive training in music, has been named president of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds Allison Vulgamore, who stepped down last fall to become president and CEO of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Before beginning his Atlanta duties in early May, Romanstein had spent Stanley E. Romanstein nine years as president and CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center. Previous posts include director of development at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, executive director of the Baltimore School for the Arts, and associate professor of music at St. Lawrence University. Romanstein received early training in music in his native South Carolina and pursued graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he obtained a master’s degree in conducting and a Ph.D. in musicology. americanorchestras.org
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Romanstein New Chief at Atlanta Symphony
The world’s largest harp was the centerpiece of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra’s April fundraiser, a collaboration with the MASS Ensemble whose name stands for Music, Architecture, Sculpture, and Sound. At the performance, the 100-foot long earth harp, developed by MASS Artistic Director William Close, stretched from the stage to the rafters, over the heads of performers and audience members. Concertmaster Erin Alridge created an arrangement of Carl Orff ’s Carmina Burana featuring herself on electric violin, the earth harp, and the rest of the MASS Ensemble arsenal: various percussion instruments and the aquatar, which combines electric bass, electric guitar, and sitar. DSSO Music Director Markand Thakar led a program that included excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird and solo numbers from MASS Ensemble members. About 450 people attended the event, held at Clyde Iron Works, an abandoned foundry renovated into a restaurant and entertainment venue. Threshold Acoustics LLC 312.386.1400 www.thresholdacoustics.com
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