UC Davis Multimedia Ensemble Accompanies “A Story of Floating Weeds”
The UC Davis Multimedia Ensemble performs its score created to
accompany Yasujiro Ozu’s silent film “A Story of Floating Weeds” (1934)
at 8 p.m., Thursday, June 4, in the multipurpose room of the
Technocultural Studies (TCS) Building/Art Annex. Each member of the
ensemble is in charge of one segment of the film, in turn leading the
rest of the ensemble in creating the score. That said, there is no
“score” in the traditional sense of a notated paper representation of
the music; the group uses a variety of methods to create the sounds,
including improvisational games. Admission is free.
The
Multimedia Ensemble currently has 12 members, all of them undergraduate
students from various majors, including the departments of Music and
TCS. The ensemble uses a variety of instruments—low- and hi-tech,
traditional Western Classical, and exotic—as well as everyday household
items to create its unique sound. Instruments therefore include violin,
flute, trombone, horn, gong, guitar, melodica, autoharp, voice, laptop,
wine bottle, and brake drum.
Sam Nichols, a lecturer in the Department of Music, founded the
Multimedia Ensemble last year to give students a chance to put to use
the different skills acquired in his and TCS professor Bob Ostertag’s
electronic music classes. Nichols continues to coach the group in
weekly rehearsals.
For complete event information, to receive a Department of Music
season brochure, or to join the department mailing list, call
530-752-7896, send e-mail to musicmail@ucdavis.edu or visit music.ucdavis.edu/events.
• Thu., June 4, 8 p.m.
• TCS Building/Art Annex
• Free; 530-752-7896; music.ucdavis.edu/events