RIVERBERATIONS

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2015

Riverberations was performed in 2015 by ten percussionists on the banks of the Río Grande, beside a constructed wetland pond. Sound Sculptures (see images below), created from books about rivers, were played percussively to a score, for Basia (2015), by Dr. Christopher Shultis.

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The River Keepers. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

River Flow. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

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Land of Rivers I. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

Land of Rivers II. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

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American Rivers. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

Blue Nile, White Nile. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

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River Eternal. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

Crossing the Phantom River. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

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Sounding Seventh Generation Seeds. C. 1990. Photo by Margot Geist.

River Reader. 2015. Photo by Margot Geist.

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