The Sound Sculpture Concerts are being held to raise funds to launch the Theater of Sound, a non-profit, multi-arts performance and workshop space which will be located at the southeast corner of 5th and Jefferson Streets in downtown Dayton. This exciting new venue will provide music performance, theatrical and other arts experiences, as well as workshops for students and corporate groups, with Michael & Sandy Bashaw as Artistic Directors.

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• Monday through Friday: 10am - 6pm
• Saturday: Noon - 4pm
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Sculptor/musician Michael Bashaw has become well known for the large-scale, welded steel instruments which he designs and builds. The instruments, known as Sound Sculptures, are played in a variety of ways: some are mallet instruments, some have strings which are hammered or bowed, while others are made up of chimes. These very unique instruments are combined with the more traditional flute, guitar and hand percussion to create a “new world” music.

Bashaw's Sound Sculpture concerts are engaging; a provocative blend of sound, movement and theater, aspiring as much to ritual as to entertainment. Audience members often describe the concert experience as uplifting -- even healing. Dramatic, thunderous rolls of sound mix with exotic timbres. Atmospheric tone poems segue into more traditional musical structures, but all employ the sonic uniqueness of Bashaw's Sound Sculptures.

“Bashaw’s sculptures are giant musical instruments, whose amazing voices join with those of instruments from around the world to present a truly compelling performance. The original pieces [the ensemble] performs run the gamut of emotions – from sweet with a kick to an incredible lonesome wail, from a Celtic romp on giant kalimbas to an exhausting explosion of sound.” - Mary Frey, Director, Office of Special Events and Projects, Beloit College, Aug. 1999.