Event Category: SoundLab

Shelemay Sound Lab: Grand Piano Key Mechanism

Join Harvard Piano Technician Richard Gruenler for a hands-on deep-dive into the Grand Piano Key Mechanism! In this workshop, we’ll work with a Steinway Grand Piano, adjusting and tinkering with each and every parameter of the key mechanism, experiencing how each adjustment effects the key touch. RSVP required: ssl@fas.harvard.edu Visit the SSL website for more…

Shelemay Sound Lab Artist-in-Residence Workshop: Retribution Body

Join us as Sound Lab Artist-in-Residence Retribution Body details the technical and performative aspects of their infra-sonic, sub-woofer, modular synth creative practice. In this workshop, we will also experience the tuning of infra-sonic standing waves to the resonance of Holden Chapel using Retribution Body’s custom built sub-woofers. RSVP required: ssl@fas.harvard.edu Later in the day, Retribution Body will perform in Holden Chapel with guest…

Shelemay Sound Lab Artist-in-Residence Performance: Retribution Body

Join us for an infra-sonic, sub-woofer, modular synth concert with Sound Lab Artist-in-Residence Retribution Body and guest performer Asha Tamirisa RSVP required: ssl@fas.harvard.edu Earlier in the day, Retribution Body will lead us through an interactive artist talk in Holden Chapel. Visit the SSL website for more information….

Joe Mygan: Entangled Dimensions

Entangled Dimensions RSVP: ssl@fas.harvard.edu Interdisciplinary artist Joe Mygan will perform new works as part of his ongoing series Entangled Dimensions, a collection of audiovisual performance systems that fuse signals and data to generate and deconstruct layers of abstract virtual landscapes. Performance will be followed by a discussion of process and artistic techniques. Based in Massachusetts,…

Prepared Piano 101

Join us for a hands on introduction to preparing a grand piano with Harvard Piano Technician Richard Gruenler and our 9ft Steinway Spirio. In this workshop, we will cover a dozen of the most common piano preparation methods (screws, blue tak, paper, etc.) as well as various ‘inside the piano’ techniques (e-bow, maqiano, bowls, mallets,…

Shelemay Sound Lab: Sonic Birdwatching

Join us at Mount Auburn Cemetery for a Spring morning event. Jeremiah Trimble, Collections Manager for the Department of Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology will lead us on a walk through the Cemetery, pointing out the various birds on our path. All participants will be equipped with high-quality field recording equipment from the…