One Plutonian Year is a live musical performance based on the orbits of the planets and moons. Nine musicians, each representing a distinct celestial body, begin one by one playing a musical theme every time their orbit comes around. Each instrument is connected to a sound sensitive light representing their respective planet. The moons are automated and enter after the musicians. The 30 minute piece starts with Pluto’s theme, which doesn’t come in again until Pluto completes its orbit around the sun, thereby signifying the end of the performance. OPY was premiered by students of MyCincinnati as a part of the Price Hill Creative Community Festival and was performed again for the purpose of documentation with a small studio audience. This piece is intended to be performed in schools, art or music festivals, summer camps or special events and goes hand in hand with astronomical education.
MyCincinnati Firehouse
Full 9-2-18 performance at the Firehouse. Thanks to Bobby Tewksbury and his crew for filming, Annie Darlin Gordon for helping organize, and all the musicians who put their talents into this performance.
An excerpt from the 9-3-18 performance
Another excerpt
Testing Venus’s light. Thanks to Bob Paradiso for LED programing and invaluable tech help.
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Students of MyCincinnati practicing their planetary themes
Thanks to MyCincinnati for this opportunity, Johnny Ruzsa for designing the grid and construction, Liz Wolf for rigging and construction, Yoni Wolf for LED inspiration, and many other friends for helping rig this up and make this project possible.