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Yamaha and the Royal College of Art collaborate on new instrument designs
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Yamaha supports Glasgow’s Big Guitar Weekend
Yamaha Guitars has announced it is to support the highly successful and popular Big Guitar Weekend (BGW), now in its fifth year and hosted by The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama). This will be one of the first major events taking place in the conservatoire following its name change on 1 September. Running from 4-6 November the weekend is a superb festival of classical and jazz guitar concerts, masterclasses and workshops for guitar enthusiasts. A highlight of this year’s event will be the grand final of the inaugural Scottish International Guitar Competition. Another innovation this year is a new jazz course hosted by
Kevin MacKenzie and Malcolm MacFarlane, both highly respected artists from the Scottish jazz scene. The hugely popular concert series features a stunning line-up of
international artists, including Czech superstar and headliner Pavel Steidl, with Pavel performing alongside the amazing David Tanenbaum, international musician Paul Galbraith, and the Agnew and McAllister Duo which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary as one of the most sought-after flute and guitar duos in the world. Yamaha’s Martin Adam commented on BGW’s most ambitious
programme yet: ‘It’s a real privilege to be involved in this year’s festival. We are sure the Big Guitar Weekend will inspire more people to play, which is perfectly in tune with Yamaha’s commitment to creating new music makers.’
Full details can be obtained from
www.bigguitarweekend.com or calling the RCS Box Office on 0141 332 5057.
Yamaha has joined forces with students at the design products department of the Royal College of Art to develop new concepts and devices that will allow much more intimate connections between musicians and audiences in live performance settings. The Yamaha/RCA project is entitled ‘Resonance’ and has already seen the development of a number of exciting concepts premiered during the London Design Festival, displayed at Yamaha Music London at Chappell’s in September, as part of the store’s bicentenary celebrations. On show was a range of new-concept devices which develop the theme that musical performances not only stimulate and inspire the performer but can also encourage much wider audience participation. The dramatic exhibits revealed how this can be achieved. Exhibits included ‘Music Within’, which visually extends the instrument (in this case an acoustic guitar) into the performance space. The audience experience was hugely enhanced by being able to see the inside the instrument during the show. ‘Touch The Sound’ explored how the human body can be used as a mediator between sound, touch and emotion and presented a new aspect to the relationship between performer and audience. Delighted visitors discovered there was much more to see, hear and
One of the new design exhibits, ‘Music Within’
experience at Yamaha Music London throughout the Expo dates. It provided an exciting sneak preview into how musical instruments and live performance might look and feel in the future.
For more information please visit
http://www.londondesignfestival.com/ events/rca-yamaha-design-project-resonance
Yamaha Music London / Chappell of Bond Street, 152-160 Wardour St, Soho, London W1F 8YA. Opening hours 9.30-6pm Monday-Friday, 10.00-5.30pm Saturday, Closed Sunday.
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