A Stunning, Spooky Display for SFCM’s New Projection Technology
The Technology and Applied Composition Department’s Halloween concert showcased the stunning lighting and projection upgrades to SFCM’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall.
A string quartet performs at TAC-O-Ween 2024.
SFCM isn’t haunted, but one could be forgiven for thinking that after the Conservatory’s Halloween concert.
The Technology and Applied Composition Department (TAC) took over SFCM’s Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall—its largest performing space—for a concert that demonstrated how the Conservatory’s recent evolving upgrades can take an audience to another world.
TAC’s innovations didn’t end with the lighting, however: Faculty member Costas Dafnis was playing a custom-built instrument dubbed the “Ghost Plate,” one of many he designs in his free time. The “treat” portion of the evening was well represented by Professional Development Department (PDEC) faculty member Kevin Rogers’ group, Friction Quartet, who played Nicole Lizée’s Juxtapossession, which utilized amplified Ouija boards as well as Pop Rocks.
![Costas Dafnis performs on his custom-made "Ghost Plate."](/sites/default/files/2024-11/2w9a7741.jpg "Costas Dafnis performs on his custom-made "Ghost Plate."")
![A quintet performs Steve Horowitz's "The Order of Time."](/sites/default/files/2024-11/2w9a8031.jpg "A quintet performs Steve Horowitz's "The Order of Time."")
![Nicole Lizée's "Juxtapossession" featured amplified Ouija boards.](/sites/default/files/2024-11/2w9a8103.jpg "Nicole Lizée's "Juxtapossession" featured amplified Ouija boards.")
![Nicole Lizée's "Juxtapossession" featured amplified Ouija boards.](/sites/default/files/2024-11/2w9a8115.jpg "Nicole Lizée's "Juxtapossession" featured amplified Ouija boards.")
