We received our first studio project today and visited the site for the first time. We are remodeling a deconsecrated (all holy objects have been removed and the building is allowed to be used as a non-religious building) church one block from the river in the old part of Trastevere. It is not very big and has not been used since the 1970's when it was a wood shop. The church ended its life as a religious establishment in the early nineteenth century, but still contains some nice marble columns where the altar used to be. We must change the space to be used as a performance area, practice area and display area for some ancient forms of musical instruments such as the lyre, harp, and an early organ called the hydraulous. Those are just several instruments that we can choose to use in the creation of our music space.
We are also being educated on the basics of music theory and chord composition with its relation to spacing and orders of ancient architecture. Several early Greek and Roman architects/math theorists/musicians thought that all three disciplines were extremely connected and theorized this in their writings. Fairly interesting thoughts possibly linking music and architecture. Acoustics is a very difficult subject, and this music education is very helpful in its understanding. I also don't remember music theory being this difficult, I am however doing a great deal better understanding it than most of my peers who seem to not have a musical background. More on this project as it develops...
Just some more pictures of places I was today. Nothing too special, but we start our history tours on Friday so make sure to log on and view some really old fancy looking rocks stacked on top of each other. Also feel free to post comments or questions in the comments bar at the end of each post.
Mike playing his guitar at our site
A typical street in the Ghetto near our studio
Another one...
The street outside of the de-consecrated church in Trastevere
El Livorno Market
The stairs I climb Every Day (I'm on the 4 months to sexy legs workout plan)
Tomorrow will be a creative day. I have some time to kill between classes.
Buonanotta! (For whatever timezone it applies to you in...)
four months to sexy legs, sounds more like 4 months of amazing food to me! I'm jealous the SDSU dining center does not suffice when there is gellato to be had in this world.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having an amazing time. I'm jealous as well. Eat everything and then walk everywhere :)
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ReplyDeleteYou will have to buy some shorts to show them off. Love your comments and of course the beautiful photos. mom
I am so jealous and reading Rick Steves' book until we come to visit. Love the photos!!
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