Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong at Milstein Hall

Category :: Guest Artists Shows

During the week of February 18th- 24th, CAGE, in conjunction with the Cornell Council for the Arts, the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center (CEMC) and Cornell Art, Architecture, and Planning (AAP) will host an artist residency with Ellen Fullman and her Long String instrument. The week’s events, housed in Cornell’s new Milstein Hall dome, include talks, demonstrations, Q&A sessions, a film screening on her work (5 Variations on a Long String by Peter Esmonde), open rehearsals with CAGE, and two concerts on February 24th, 3pm and 8pm. CAGE and Fullman will be joined in these performances by cellist/vocalist Theresa Wong, guest artist to the Department of Music.

A complete schedule appears below. All events in the Milstein Hall dome unless otherwise noted.

Monday, Feb 18th

5pm: Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument: Design and Mechanics
7:30pm: Open Rehearsal with the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE)

Tuesday, Feb 19th

5pm: Film Screening – 5 Variations on a Long String by Peter Esmonde, in Milstein Auditorium
5:30pm: Demonstration and Q & A session (in Milstein Dome)

Wednesday, Feb 20th

JUST ADDED, 10:30-11:30am: Ad hoc performance on Bertoia sculptures, at Johnson Museum of Art

Thursday, Feb 21st

9:30pm: Open rehearsal with CAGE, Fullman, and Theresa Wong

Friday, Feb 22nd

5pm (special time!): Composers’ Forum Lecture: Constructing a Musical Phrase from the Ground Up

Saturday, Feb 23rd

4pm: Dress Rehearsal and final tech with CAGE, Fullman, and Theresa Wong

Sunday, Feb 24th

3pm: Concert I
8pm: Concert II