Little Prince: the Music of the Planets

Organized By Integrated Product Design - IPD at University of Pennsylvania

Location: Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology, 3205 Walnut Street, Philadlphia PA 19104

Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology, 3205 Walnut Street, Philadlphia PA 19104 (39.965136, -75.197068)

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Award-winning jazz musician Grace Kelly together with Penn faculty Simon Kim (PennDesign/Immersive Kinematics), and Mark Yim (SEAS/GRASP/Modlab) will present a performance combining robotic instruments with jazz musicians and video projections. The instruments are created by students taking IPD516:Advanced Mechatronics for Reactive Spaces. They will perform an original piece written by Grace Kelly inspired by The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. "Grace Kelly is a unique and genuine talent." - Keith Lockhart "Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt.” - Wynton Marsalis