Musical Blind Date

Summary:

From Voice of America's Dateline: Behind High Zero, Baltimore's annual free improv festival

Website:

http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2004-10-29-voa29.cfm

Additional Credits and Funding:

Marissa Melton and Bob at Voice of America for Carol Castiel's Dateline; note that this was done in "Special English" for broadcast overseas. Hence the slloowww taallllkking.

Timely on:

September 01: High Zero festival happens every September

Tones:

Informational, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

The musicians at Baltimore's High Zero Festival of Experimental and Improvised Music tend to avoid melody, rhythm, harmony, or other musical conventions. They also avoid playing with people they've ever met. The result can be sublime.

Lawrence Lanahan reported on the 2004 installation of High Zero, interviewing the organizers, performers, and audience members, and capturing some very unusual music.

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