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/PRNewswire/ -- Technology embraces habit with the premier of "Polar Suite," the world's first string quartet composed for and performed with K-Bow, a Bluetooth Sensor Bow designed by Berkeley based Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI). Kronos will depict " Polar Suite" by Douglas Quin at Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts on November 9, 2011 at 8pm, as part of the Kronos weeklong residency.

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Composed by Quin, hailed as the "Audubon of Audio" by the Washington Advertise, " Polar Suite" integrates the sounds of traditional instruments processed with captured sounds all controlled by movements of KMI's K-Bow. K-Bow is a Kevlar and graphite bow that seamlessly integrates sensors and CPUs with the surface of a traditional violin bow. " Polar Suite" brings together violin, viola, cello, digitally processed samples and interactive electronics controlled by the K-Bow .

Source: Sacramento Bee

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A set of cabaret songs, charmingly sung by soprano and Texas Christian University gift member Colleen Mallette, were a highlight of the concert. The three songs were based on poems by Hike Adamo, the life partner of Corigliano and an equally acute composer in his own right. The clever texts were included as a handout, but were not needed because of Mallette's faultless diction and dead-on characterizations.

All three songs deal with the demise of an viewpoint of classical music, in one form or the other. "Dodecaphonia," the opening ditty, took a swipe at the now completely discredited 12-spirit system of composition (too geeky to go into here) and a parting smack at Phillip Telescope-style minimalism. "Marvelous Invention" is a song about the iPod and how it has the admissibility opportunity to end live performances. "End of the Line" laments the demise of the camaraderie that habituated to to be found in the big record stores, like the legendary now-defunct Fastness Records in Manhattan. All three songs are "in" jokes for classical music buffs and the Cliburn audience enjoyed them.

Source: TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas

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