I've often said if I had the time to learn any
musical instrument I would choose the violin. There is
something incredibly calming and meditative about hearing an accomplished musician play such
an instrument. Upon learning there was a performance by violinist and sound artist Helen Bower as part of the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival, I
made sure I would not be missing.
Bower's Lost In The Looping Glass is a
50-minute violin concert played alongside a loop pedal. She records fragments
or sequences on her violin from compositions by local and international composers live, and has them playing on loop where
they gradually layer on top of one another to create their own music.