This performance is part of the Random Acts of Fringe and is free to attend.

Special performance: Tourmaline by Dylan Ward

Tourmaline is a gemstone that appears in a multitude of color schemes and is found throughout the world. A symbolic representation of the philosopher’s stone, it is believed to be capable of transforming base metals into gold, attaining divine wisdom, perfecting the human body and spirit, and achieving immortality.

Acclaimed for his “ethereal saxophone playing” and “distinctive experimental approach” (Vital Weekly), Dylan Ward is a musician/ improviser/ sound artist specializing in experimental electroacoustic music that explores consciousness across natural, human, cybernetic, and historical planes. Ward has released recordings on the Neuma, Mother Brain, and XAS record labels that have been described as “meditative, jarring, and cosmic…highly creative” (Take Effect Reviews) and has been praised for presenting music that is “clear and coherent in its discourse, original in its sounds, and as beautiful and intellectually stimulating as it is playful” (Pan M 360).

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