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Playing the Library
May 5 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Free
You are invited to Playing the Library, a one-of-a-kind live concert blending music, movement, and space in the King Library on May 5th, 2025 at 5 p.m. in the first floor Koret Atrium in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
The “Playing the Library” concert at SJSU consists of a live performance of music for a mixed ensemble (flute, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, and violin) and electronics. It places site-specific spatial acoustics and performer/audience distribution at the foundation of the creative compositional process. Composers/faculty members Pablo Furman and Christopher Luna-Mega explore San José’s general soundscapes—traffic infrastructure, hi-tech high rises, bridges, un-housed encampments, sacred spaces, and spaces of education and knowledge such as the King Library—and project them throughout the King Library lobby and 2nd floor, where the library’s users will be able to move interactively and freely across the performance area.
Performers: Ray Furuta, flute; Michael Hernandez, soprano saxophone; Aaron Lington, baritone saxophone; Pablo Furman, percussion; Catalina Barraza, violin.
Furman’s and Luna-Mega’s compositions are informed by research on spatial and dynamic distribution of performers throughout the King Library’s 1st and 2nd floor as an alternative to a stage, as well as a moving audience, oftentimes surrounded by the performers.
Special thanks to our partners SJSU School of Music, SJSU College of the Humanities and the Arts, the SJSU King Library, and King Library Digital Humanities Center.
