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NIFTY FIFTY LECTURE
SCIENCE
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NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
MINDING THE ARTS
BOOKS BY DR. EDELMAN:
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BRAIN SCIENCE
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UNIVERSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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On The Matter Of The Mind
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- where MUSIC has a jewel of a home
in the "finest small concert hall in the world"
The
Neurosciences Institute is a pioneer in research on MUSIC and the BRAIN.
Its commitment to the encouragement and support of music and the other
performing arts is best exemplified by its program "Performing
Arts at the Neurosciences Institute" which makes its acoustically
superb auditorium available without charge to many non-profit arts groups
in the San Diego area for concerts and educational presentations, enabling
them to continue their programming and thus enrich cultural life in
the community. Over 50 arts organizations have held more than 250 events
at the Institute, saving them a combined total of over $300,000 per
year.
For this remarkable service to the community the Institute shoulders
the cost of lighting and climate control, maintenance, cleaning, security
and program management, an annual expense of over $350,000. To support
it, each Fall the Institute holds a fund-raising Gala event called "MINDING
THE ARTS." The event begins with a lovely outdoor
cocktail reception held on the rooftop terrace overlooking the beautiful
campus plaza, featuring a tempting array of foods and beverages catered
by some of San Diego's finest restaurants. Following this, the guests
stroll down across the plaza to enjoy a private concert in the Auditorium
provided by arts organizations that have benefited from the use of the
hall throughout the year.
The
7th annual Minding the Arts event takes place on Sunday, August 30,
2009 at 4:00 p.m. The concert will feature The Hutchins Consort,
The NOTEables and The RB Swingtet and will be hosted by conductor
and violinist Nuvi Mehta shown at left with Institute Director Dr. Gerald
Edelman.
A note about the Hutchins Consort. It is a unique group of eight violin virtuosi. The octet however is not your typical chamber music group. Their repertoire ranges from the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the music of the modern masters, but what makes them truly unique is their sound which they create by playing eight scaled violins which, as the photo below of the group in performance at the Institute's auditorium tells you, are definitely NOT your typical violin. (Yes, the bass-sized instrument is a violin!).
These
are instruments designed and built by the famed luthier, Dr. Carleen
Hutchins.1 Collectively known as the violin octet, they range
in size and tone from the tiny treble violin, tuned one octave above
the standard violin, to the gigantic large bass violin, tuned one octave
lower than a cello. And when played together, the result is an amazing
pallette of sounds that cover seven octaves, almost the entire musical
scale, that is impossible for an octet playing standard violins to match.
But hearing is believing. Watch the video clip below of the group playing
George Gershwin's "Summertime" to sample their sound. Or BUY
a HUTCHINS CONSORT CD.
So, if you "mind your arts" and come to the Gala, you'll be in for a real musical treat in the "finest small concert hall in the world"2 in a place of science that, as Dr. Edelman says, is like no other in the world.
-GC/© FanFaire 2009
1Dr. HUTCHINS passed away on August 7, 2009 at age age 98. A woman ahead of her time, she was a former high school science teacher, a self-taught violinmaker, and researcher.
2 The words of another nonagenarian, the eminent acoustician, CYRIL HARRIS, who designed the Auditorium's acoustics. By the way, he is also responsible for the excellent acoustics of other special places such as the METROPOLITAN OPERA, AVERY FISHER HALL (home of the NY Philharmonic), and KENNEDY CENTER. He also designed the acoustics of the recently inaugurated the 400-seat CONRAD PREBYS CONCERT HALL at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) No question, the small concert halls of San Diego are in good company.
Photos courtesy of the Neurosciences
Institute
Mission: To promote MUSIC as a tool for teaching SCIENCE
SCIENCE
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