As the sun sets on UMMA\&##39;s special exhibition Fluxus and The Essential Questions of Life, students and faculty from the Performing Arts Technology Department at University of Michigan\&##39;s School of Music, Theatre & Dance present a rare performance of George Brecht\&##39;s Motor Vehicle Sundown. Composed in 1960 and dedicated to John Cage, who would have turned 100 this year, Motor Vehicle Sundown consists of a series of actions performed in and around a number of automobiles outdoors. Horns will honk, engines will rev, lights will flash and doors will slam in a beautiful and bizarre choreography. The performance kicks off the 12th annual International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression at the University of Michigan. The conference brings together scholars, designers, artists and musicians from around the world dedicated to creating and using new technologies in music performance.

For the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge.

For the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge.

Part of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Must be 18+ to attend

For the first time in Ann Arbor, the 12th annual conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) presents 3 nights of public concerts at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Composers and performers from around the world will play cutting edge electronic music featuring augmented acoustic instruments including the electromagnetically prepared piano and Electrumpet, the rare Theremin Cello, brain-computer interfaces, mobile phones, musical robots, as well as intriguing new digital instruments with names like Chirotron, Banshee, Fossil and Sponge.

Part of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Must be 18+ to attend

PROGRAM: Handel - Verdi prati from Alcina; Ombra mai fu from Serse; Vo far guerra from Rinaldo; Duprac - Extase; Soupir; Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Grieg - Ich Liebe Dich; Barber - Must the winter come so soon? from Vanessa; Bolcom - Waitin; Can t Sleep; Barber - Sure on this shining night; Copland - Long Time Ago; Simple Gifts (Shaker Song); Traditional - Danny Boy; Bolcom - The Song of Black Max (As Told by the de Kooning Boys)