MELODY EASEL

There are three Melody Easels, each designed to accomodate one player and two observers. Seated at a table-like structure, one plays the Melody Easel with the touch of a finger, creating a feeling of subtle articulation and phrasing usually associated with single-line melodic instruments like the violin or saxophone. The movement and touch of the finger as it travels across a specially designed transparent surface not only creates music -- melodic variations and timbral filigrees based on the voice of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt -- but also a beautiful graphic trace.

Pictures you can download: [Melody Easel Art] [Computer rendition of Melody Easel] [One of the latest architectural sketches of the Melody Easel] [An Earlier artistic design for the Melody Easel]

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