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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, August 7, 2019
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Bridge music celebrates 10th anniversary
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Composer Joseph Bertolozzi (center in vest) handed out drumsticks for the public to play along out on the bridge.
By MARK REYNOLDS
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Despite Saturday’s threat of rain
and thunderstorms, a ribbon cutting
ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary
of Bridge Music went ahead as planned
in honor of composer Joseph Bertolozzi’s
groundbreaking work.
Tara Sullivan, Acting Executive
Director of the NYS Bridge Authority,
welcomed everyone to the re-dedication
ceremony for Bridge Music.
“Bridge Music is a public, sound
instillation here at the Mid-Hudson Bridge
and is unique, not just in the region, the
state or the country, but in the world,”
she said. “The project was the brainchild
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After pressing one of the installation buttons, Joseph Bertolozzi leads everyone in song at
the western tower of the Mid Hudson Bridge.
of composer and musician Joseph
Bertolozzi and was unveiled during the
New York State Quadricentennial in 2009,
the big 400th commemoration.”
Sullivan said the Bridge Authority
was a proud collaborator with Bertolozzi,
“as he recorded sounds on the girders,
rockers and railings and then he arranged
it into a unique piece of music.”
Sullivan said when the bridge opened
in the 1930s it was noted for its “artistic
and graceful design. In 2000 the bridge
added the popular necklace lights along
the main cables, adding to its beauty.
Finally, in 2009 Mr. Bertolozzi expanded
that artistic legacy by turning this iconic
structure into a world renowned work
of musical art. Joseph has placed the
majestic Mid-Hudson Bridge in the eyes
and ears of people around the world;
I’m talking about Asia, South America
and Europe.” She said the Mid-Hudson
Bridge, at 3,000 feet long, is the largest
percussion instrument in the world.
Sullivan pointed out that when
French authorities heard of Bertolozzi’s
“musique de pont,” they invited him
to create a similar musical work using
sounds from their renowned Eiffel Tower
in Paris.
“The bridge Authority is so deeply
grateful to you Mr. Bertolozzi that you
chose our bridge to receive a voice that’s
been so positively represented by your
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