Quadraphonic Cello –

An instrument, multichannel installation and platform for audio-visual composition, the Quadraphonic Cello re-imagines a classical cello as a vehicle for surround sound and video. The strings of the instrument will be removed and replaced with piezo electric wire. When the cellist bows, plucks or taps this wire, four discrete signals are produced and routed to a multichannel array of speakers. With development though Harvestworks, this instrument will become a three dimensional musical apparatus tailored to multi-channel composition and the sculpting of sonorous space.