2024 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

48 FAMILY CONCERT: PROGRAM NOTES CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC VIBE (2018) Gregory Smith (b. 1957) VIBE is a lighthearted, symphonic exploration of the incredible world of sound. A study of how sound is produced, and how we hear it. With the assistance of the orchestra, the narrator leads the audience on a symphonic journey of discovery as to how energy vibrates air and forms sound waves, how our ears receive the waves, why it’s so important that we have two ears, and how our voices and musical instruments produce sound. The journey also includes a demonstration of how echoes work, how sound behaves in air, water, solids, and outer space. Audience participation is an important part of the soundscape and I hope that by the end of the adventure, the audience feels a sense of collaboration. Vibe aligns with the S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art, math) approach to education, in this case focusing on the stunning relationship between the science of sound and the art of music. Happy vibing! —Greg Smith