SCIENCE
MEETS MUSIC - Apr. 23, 25 & 26 when Grammy-Nominated
electric harpist Deborah Henson-Conant "Invites Invention"
with scientists from MIT and Harvard on-stage at the Cambridge
Science Festival. Each “Inviting Invention”
event in this series combines performance, interview and
collaboration between Henson-Conant, moderator Jonathan
Wyner and their special guests. Through
the exploration of diverse minds, the audience is invited
into the worlds of creative invention and the alchemy
of collaboration. Example: How is being a nuclear physicist
like being a musician, and how can the two possibly
create something together - right now - in front
of an audience?
Free
to the public. Shows take place April 23rd and
25th at 6:30pm and April 26th at 2:30pm at Novartis Auditorium
at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 220
Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA. Details at HipHarp.com
Tour Schedule.
Henson-Conant’s
special guests include:
Daniel Rosenberg,
Lecture-Demonstrator & Performing Scientist
Dany Adams, Assistant
Research Investigator, Harvard University
Dr. Ted Selker,
Associate Professor MIT Media Lab, Director of the Context
Aware Computing Group
Deborah
Henson-Conant is a 2007 Grammy-Nominated artist
known for her renegade performances that mix theatre,
music and humor, and for revolutionizing the elite concert
harp into an electric strap-on 31-string hybrid she plays
in genres from blues to flamenco. Her most recent work,
the CD, DVD and TV project “Invention & Alchemy,”
debuted on PBS stations across the U.S. in March 2007.
“Inviting
Invention” is moderated by producer, mastering engineer,
performer and coach Jonathan Wyner and
is supported in part by a grant from the Cambridge
Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by
the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, a state agency, a grant from the
Council for the Arts at MIT and by Novartis Institutes
for Biomedical Research.
Above
details subject to change. Please see the “Tour
Page” at www.HipHarp.com
for updated info.
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