Is it stalking if two consecutive posts in this blog describe the same group? No, if the vibe and venue are as disparate as these. The Yale Percussion Group rolled their marimbas up the street to the recently refurbished Peabody Museum. I am somewhat ashamed to say that it has taken me two years to visit this gem. As a child, I had many field trips here, and my interest in science was certainly incubated. The museum focuses on natural history, with dinosaur displays as its strong suit. The music took place in the majestic Burke Hall of Dinosaurs (no relation). I enter to the soothing ambient vibraphone of one student playing the half hour long composition Ouroboros. The mallet work was exquisite and the metallic tones had a wonderful sustain that was emphasized by the dimensions of the great hall. The hall has to be monstrous to house full skeletal renderings of T. rex, stegosaurus, and the centerpiece a complete brontosaurus. The Peabody attracts young families, the children ooh and aah at the dinosaurs, the sheer size of which gets the kids minds racing. I wander the hall to the strains of the solo vibraphone. Glad to have renewed my visits to this New Haven jewel while watching adventurous music. What goes around comes around, science, music, The Peabody…..and me.
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