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Moe!kestra
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:41
- Written by melne
On October 13, I had the pleasure of participating in Moe!kestra, a unique ensemble put together by Moe! Staiano, an avant-garde experimental musician.
The 15-piece included two violins, two cellos, viola, bass, four drummers and three guitars, and conducted by Moe!, who composed the piece. The guitars were unconventionally set up with all strings tuned to the same note, and played by "sawing" over the strings at different locations on the neck with metal springs, thus creating an almost whining sound.
We performed the piece at the Luggage Store Gallery on Market Street in San Francisco to a full house of at least 40 people. It was really fun to be involved in something like this, and I will jump at the chance to do it again!