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Third Angle presents "Frozen Music"
"I call architecture frozen music"
Goethe

Third Angle closes its season with an ambitious project that will meld music and architecture and will double as a walking tour of architecturally significant buildings in downtown Portland.

Taking three unique edifices in downtown Portland, Third Angle will transform these spaces into distinct performance venues that will explore the relationship between music and architecture in these three areas: light, form and technology.

Date
May 1st, 2005 2PM

Format
Each site features a 30 minute program, performed concurrently at the top of the hour (2pm, 3pm, 4pm). The audience will be split into thirds, and walk between the sites, completing all three programs by 4:30pm. The post concert discussion will begin at 5pm, featuring Craig Hodgetts and a distinguished panel of music and design experts.

Venues
I. US Bank (Form); Neoclassical, ancient formalism in a modern context
- Suite Italienne by Stravinsky (first neoclassic composition)
- Sextet by Poulenc (major neoclassic work)

II. Fox Tower (Light); Modern, angular, corporate
- World premiere of "BlueVox" by Kevin Walczyk
- Performed with Jefferson Dancers, ensemble will be part of the choreography
- "Road Movies" by John Adams; an homage to the past theatres that existed on this site

III. Hilton basement (Raw space) (technology); demonstrate the future of design in terms of technology
creating a virtual venue
- Internet design firm Second Story and Danny Rosenberg (projectionist) are designing visual elements
- Music by Brede Rorstad & Nigel Westlake

IV. Post-concert discussion at PCPA, featuring world renowned architect Craig Hodgetts (http://www.hplusf.com/)

TARP (Third Angle Residency Project)
Third Angle has commissioned the dance programs from DaVinci Middle School and Vancouver School for Arts and Academics to create new choreography for "BlueVox" by Oregon composer Kevin Walczyk. Third Angle musicians will rehearse and perform the work with the dance students, who will then perform their respective versions for each others school's student body. The DaVinci and VSAA dance students will also get tickets to see the performance of the Jefferson Dancers choreography of the same music at Third Angle's Frozen Music performance.