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Hypermusic

From: 800 lb. Productions
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MIT professor and inventor is turning music on its ear Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-0 Todd Machover is a professor, classical musician, composer and inventor at the MIT Media Lab who is overseeing the design of a new class of electronic instruments. These beat bugs, shapers and other musical inventions are now used by children, handicapped adults and orchestras around the world. This piece aired on Living on Earth on July 2nd.

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Todd Machover is a professor, classical musician, composer and inventor at the MIT Media Lab who is overseeing the design of a new class of electronic instruments. These beat bugs, shapers and other musical inventions are now used by children, handicapped adults and orchestras around the world. This piece aired on Living on Earth on July 2nd.

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Review of Hypermusic

You've heard of the Suzuki method of teaching young children to learn to play musical instruments. If that doesn't take, try the Machover method. It will definitely be more fun. This is an informative, interesting piece about an astonishingly bright, inventive guy. It originally aired as a Living on Earth segment and this includes show host Steve Kerwood's intro to Susan Shepard's piece.

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Fascinating! A surplus of sound from the hypermusical instruments and the orchestras that fleshed out the basic compositions for the classical crowd. Enjoyable, encouraging, and touching.