Opera Cabal: USW rehearsal

8.21.2009

USW rehearsal

Some pictures from yesterday's rehearsal. Below, the ensemble with Nick DeMaison, conductor. Note the enormous super hub cap dangling perilously from PVC pipe scaffolding (far left). This thing is hella loud when you bang on it with a hammer.

And a consultation with the composer, Lewis Nielson.

-majel.

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Unknown said...: very very exciting, guys. maybe that's what happened to all the hubcabs that were stolen from my truck - they're being used by avant garde panamanian percussionists. one can hope, at least.; 10:25 AM

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8.21.2009

USW rehearsal

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