Paul Amitai: Trope Variations

Trope Variations is an improvisational vocal performance built around Hebrew cantillation, an ancient system of melodic notation used to chant the Torah. A set of thirty graphic marks, each representing a different melody, provide the creative prompts for performance. Inspired by Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies" and John Cage's use of the I Ching to introduce chance operations into music, Trope Variations are never performed the same way twice. The melodic motifs are the building blocks of a performance, rearranged, sequenced, and reinterpreted in new ways every time it's performed.

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Questions? Contact Polly Morris, pmorris@lyndensculpturegarden.org.