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This event is sold out and registration is no longer open. A small number of additional seats will be available at the performance on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please note seating will open at 2:30 p.m. for registered guests. Unfilled seats will be released at 2:55 p.m.

The Menil Collection and DACAMERA copresent a special performance of Michael Harrison’s Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation (2007). Harrison, a disciple of the avant-garde composer La Monte Young, performs his acclaimed work for re-tuned piano within an installation of American artist Walter De Maria’s stainless-steel sculptures and monumental paintings. The program is organized in conjunction with the Menil’s exhibition Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work, which explores the early conceptual and participatory sculpture of De Maria when he was engaged with experimental music and performance in the 1960s.

Join us for a conversation with the composer on November 3. Further information about this related program may be found here.

Acclaimed composer and pianist Michael Harrison forges a new approach to composition through “just intonation”—a piano tuned not according to classical European scales but following the true overtones of physics. Through his experiments with the pitch and form of piano, he creates music with sounds that standard tempered tuning could not achieve. He is a Guggenheim Fellowship and NYFA Artist Fellowship recipient. Harrison’s recording of Revelation was chosen by The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Time Out New York as one of the Best Classical Recordings of 2007.

This event is sold out and registration is no longer open. A small number of additional seats will be available at the performance on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please note seating will open at 2:30 p.m. for registered guests. Unfilled seats will be released at 2:55 p.m.

This program takes place in the main building, located at 1533 Sul Ross Street. Additional information regarding accessibility and parking can be found here. As always, Menil programs are free and open to all.