Talk about fusion in music and technology, how many people can afford a wind tunnel?
Seattle Symphony principal tuba player Christopher Olka stands in the F.K. Kirsten Wind Tunnel where the late Boeing engineer -- and tuba player -- James Crowder once worked. Samuel Jones, whose concerto was commissioned in Crowder's memory, wants to replicate the tunnel's "huge, compelling sound." (January 05, 2006)
Credit: Mike Urban/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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MarkB
Tuba and Wind tunnel and concerto ???
Tuba and Wind tunnel and concerto ???
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