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Creative Intersections: Percussion as Inspiration for Surface Tension

Learn how the Museum’s collection of global percussion inspired the commission of Surface Tension and explore the creative process behind the project. Speakers are Donnacha Dennehy, composer and Assistant Professor of Music, Princeton University; Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator, Department of Musical Instruments, MMA; and members of Third Coast Percussion.

The performance, Surface Tension, and the Sunday at the Met program are made possible by a commissioning grant from the Augustine Foundation.

Donnacha Dennehy’s Surface Tension was commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additional funding provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.











When: Sun., Jan. 24, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
Price: Free with museum admission
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Learn how the Museum’s collection of global percussion inspired the commission of Surface Tension and explore the creative process behind the project. Speakers are Donnacha Dennehy, composer and Assistant Professor of Music, Princeton University; Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator, Department of Musical Instruments, MMA; and members of Third Coast Percussion.

The performance, Surface Tension, and the Sunday at the Met program are made possible by a commissioning grant from the Augustine Foundation.

Donnacha Dennehy’s Surface Tension was commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additional funding provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

Buy tickets/get more info now