Description

Composers have employed anything that makes a sound in their music. Whales, taxi horns, satellite telemetry, car engines, gunshots, and even a typewriter. They have commissioned special instruments made for their piece (including a giant tuba) and scored in prolonged dead silence. This presentation highlights some unique musical instruments, some of which may be familiar, and a few you may never want to hear again. David Crossley has degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering; he retired from a 40-year career in the aerospace arena. He taught electromagnetics at NMSU. He also played oboe in Albuquerque Philharmonic.