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Don Slepian

By Lawrence Peryer | The Tonearm
December 17, 2022
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Born into a scientific family, music technologist Don Slepian showed both musical and technical talent early in life. He was a tester on the early internet as a member of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Synthesizer Soloist with the Honolulu Symphony and Musical Director of the Honolulu Theater For Youth. He has been presented by WNYC's "New Sounds" in New York's Lincoln Center and performed at the Pompidou Center in Paris. He is currently living in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania where he writes and builds instruments.

Don joined Spotlight On host Lawrence Peryer to discuss his groundbreaking work making improvised music on electronic instruments and computers.

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