SWINY EVENT

An Evening of Musical Acoustics

The Art and Science of Music: An Evening of Musical Acoustics Wednesday, May 26, 7:00-8:30 PM
Location: Liberty 4 room, Sheraton Hotel and Towers, 811 7th Avenue on 53rd Street New York, New York
Cost: Free (but please RSVP)

IMPORTANT NOTE: We will not have any food or drink at this event, so please be sure to eat something beforehand. We will also plan to go out to eat after the event and you are most welcome to join us!

This May, New York hosts the 75th anniversary meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, a unique conference that brings together musicians, architects, physicists, engineers, audiologists, psychologists, biologists and many other specialists to discuss acoustics, the science of sound.

At this special event co-sponsored by SWINY and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), world experts will introduce us to the rich world of musical acoustics and demonstrate unique instruments. Tom Rossing of Northern Illinois University will make a general presentation on strings and percussion. Another guest will be architectural acoustician Alexander Case of fermata audio + acoustics in New Hampshire. He will present audio examples of urban spaces such as train stations, parks, and alleys adopted by the performing arts.Then various meeting attendees will make 2 minute demonstrations of musical instruments including some of the following:

Mandolin- Dave Cohen, Cohen Musical Instruments, Richmond, VA
New Musical Bells-Neil McLachlan, Australian National University
Shakuhachi (Japanese flute featured, for example at the beginning of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer")- Shigeru Yoshikawa, Kyoto University