Budding musicians who want the chance to make music with their biscuit tins will finally get the chance at a creative event next week.
Cardboard keyboards and tin pot synthesizers will be the order of the day on Thursday, thanks to a collaboration between an unlikely mix of musicians, electronic engineers and games designers.
The Festival of Improbable Instruments will be the latest cultural event organised by the team at Weave – a community creative project based at Abertay University.
The siren outside is in tune @NiallEM ? pic.twitter.com/joKHdVbpAL
— Luci Holland ? Unicorpse (@LuciHolland) April 5, 2018
An all-day workshop at the Vision building will give would-be composers the opportunity to craft their instruments, under the watchful tutelage of composer and orchestra director Luci Holland and games and arts lecturers Yann Seznec and Niall Moody.
All of the electronic components, wires and materials will be provided on the day, but attendees to the festival – which is free – will be required to bring their laptop computers.
Following the construction day, a discussion and rag-tag musical performance will take place at Avery & Co restaurant on South Tay Street.
Weave curator Clare Brennan, said: “We are super-excited for this month’s Platform event, which will have a big appeal for people interested in sound, music and digital art, and for anyone keen to try something new.
“Weave is all about reaching out to the Dundee community to explore new ideas while encouraging collaboration and I can’t wait to see what our improbable orchestra come up with.”
Having a practice/research maker day ^_^ pic.twitter.com/RMhjX3QSdh
— Luci Holland ? Unicorpse (@LuciHolland) April 5, 2018
Luci Holland is an Edinburgh-based film, game and television composer whose work includes the soundtrack for Japanes animated film The Chronicle of Skeleton and computer games Murderous Pursuits.
The event is free to attend but is expected to be popular, so booking in advance is recommended.
Information and tickets can be found on the Weave eventbrite website.
The evening discussion and performance will run from 5 to 7pm and the workshop at the Vision building will kick-off at 10am and run until 3.30pm.
