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William Close & the Earth Harp Coll at Mesa Arts Center, Ikeda Theater

Dates: (3/28/2014 )

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Mesa Arts Center, Ikeda Theater

One East Main Street
Mesa,AZ AZ 85201

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Phone: (480) 644.6500

Tickets: $25.00 - $40.00

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William Close is an installation artist and musician who has developed over one hundred new types of musical instruments. He is the inventor of the majestic stringed instrument "The Earth Harp", the largest stringed instrument on the planet. Developed by Close in 1999, the body of the instrument rests on the stage and the strings travel out over the audience attaching to the back of the theater, turning the theater, concert hall, architecture, or landscape into the instrument. The giant long strings are played with violin rosin covered gloves. The players runs their hands along the strings creating beautiful cello like tones. The reason it is titled the Earth Harp is due to the fact that the first time it was installed, the strings ran from one side of a valley 1000 feet across to the other side, turning the Earth / landscape into a giant harp. Some of Close’s other instruments include, The Drum Orb, The Percussion Jacket, The Aquatar, the Wing Harp, and The Drumbrella to name a few.

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