The Museum of Making Music is proud to announce its next special exhibition, The Art of the Stompbox, opening June 1, 2010 and continuing through September 2010. The exhibition will trace the development and use of effects pedals in American rock ’n’ roll, jazz, blues, rock, and the experimental music scene. The Art of the Stompbox will showcase a variety of effects pedals ranging from industrially designed tone-control boxes of the 1940s to the most recent explosion of hand-made designs. The exhibition will also examine the growing movement of hand-made art stompboxes produced by individual builders’ “boutique companies,” often in collaboration with artists.
At 6:30 PM the Museum presents Harmony & Fashion, a music & fashion show benefit event showcasing popular women’s wear designer Sharon Papike, and music by sound artist, doctor echo. A portion of the proceeds directly benefit the Museum’s education programs. Tickets are $20, $15 for Museum members.
On Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7 PM, the Museum presents its Local Flavor Concert Series featuring the country grit of the Mark Jackson Band. Tickets are $10 and include beverages generously sponsored by Stone
Brewing and pizza generously provided by Flippin Pizza of Carlsbad.
On Sunday, April 11 at 2PM, the Museum of Making Music and the Carlsbad
City Library present blues singer and guitarist Scott Ainslie to perform at the Carlsbad Library's Ruby G. Schulman
Auditorium.
Join David Borden, composer and founder of Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece
Company (the world’s first synthesizer ensemble), along with performer, composer
and arranger Josh Oxford (Ithaca College), for a special tour of the Moog exhibition at 1 PM and a special evening of musical insight,
performance, and inspiration at 7 PM. David Borden with Josh Oxford will perform David Borden’s composition
“Easter” (1970), with Borden playing on the Moog Voyager and Oxford performing on the MiniMoog.