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News > This unique instrumental has 'reel' appeal
This unique instrumental has 'reel' appeal July 17, 2006 In one of Artown's most unusual endeavors, Reno Philharmonic conductor Barry Jekowsky has created a slot machine concerto. The piece, "Fantasy Concerto for Four Prepared Slot Machines and Orchestra on Leroy Anderson," will receive its debut Friday during the Silver Legacy's 11th birthday concert. The show will begin at 8 p.m. on Virginia Street and admission is free. "Since I've been in Reno, I've always wanted to do something with slot machines," Jekowsky said. "They will have their own cadenza where the orchestra stops and they're doing their own thing." In creating the piece, Jekowsky rearranged Leroy Anderson's 1950 composition "The Typewriter," which used the office machine as a solo instrument. Jekowsky enlisted help from International Game Technology and rewrote the music so slot machines could be substituted. "(IGT) is donating the use of these four slot machines and moving them and giving us their technical expertise," Jekowsky said. Two Reno Philharmonic musicians -- pianist Bill Hecht and tympanist Robert Lightfoot -- are IGT employees, and they will be joined by two other players as slot soloists. Also on the philharmonic's Friday program is an assortment of pops tunes including music from "Star Wars," "Mission Impossible," and "The Lord of the Rings." The concert is being staged on Virginia Street, directly across from the Silver Legacy. |
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