A disciple of LaMonte Young and Alvin Lucier, Arnold Dreyblatt has cultivated a strong underground fan base for his transcendental and ecstatic music. Among the second generation of New York minimalist composers, Dreyblatt has developed a unique and original approach to composition and performance. He has invented a set of new and original instruments, performance techniques and a system of tuning. The Orchestra of Excited Strings is a unique ensemble of strings -- plucked, bowed, and struck -- composed of instruments designed and built by Dreyblatt to illuminate the strings' hot overtones. |