A SCHOLARLY HALLOWEEN DIATRIBE… with music.
Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5
Presented by the Hollow Earth Society

Thereminist Kip Rosser will demonstrate why Halloween is the perfect time of year for a scholarly and irreverent evening of bizarre history and strange science, featuring live music played on the weirdest instrument on the planet. The theremin was the world’s first electronic instrument, the first amplified instrument, and the original synthesizer. Today, it remains the only instrument ever invented that’s played without being touched.

It’s just around the corner: All Hallows’ Eve—the pagan new year, Samhain (pronounced “Sa-Wen” by everyone except the witches on True Blood). The time when the veil between our world and the world of spirits is the thinnest… so…

Break out the bad horror and crappy sci-fi movies! The cheesier the better. Why? Because you get to hear “that sound,” that quintessential creepy, rubber monster, spaceship, mad scientist, someone’s-sneaking-up-on-you, alien attack, psycho stare, insane, hypnotic, ethereal, shadow-of-gnarled-hands-across-your-face-almost-at-your-throat sound… (You know that sound.)

It’s a theremin that makes “that sound.”

There’s a story, a history behind that sound. It’s the history of a Russian scientist and the story of his revolutionary invention: the theremin.

Kip Rosser is considered one of the most accomplished thereminists playing today, performing his solo concerts and collaborating with musicians around the world. For reviews, photos, music samples, and upcoming performances please visit www.performancekr.com.