Franklin Woman’s Club Funds Two Art/Music Programs At The Quail Brook Senior Center

Submitted by the Franklin Woman’s Club.

Is there art in music and music in art? How does one use musical “patterns” to achieve a “mood” such as “the blues?” And how do musicians add “color” to their compositions through sound? Attendees at the recent See the Music program held at the Quail Brook Senior Center located at 625 New Brunswick Road, Somerset, learned first-hand the answer to these questions. Thanks to a donation from the Franklin Woman’s Club, senior center guests enjoyed two interactive multimedia presentations offered by musician/artist Paul Elwood, who demonstrated the common elements and principles between art and music that result in the creation of a visual or musical piece of art.

During the “See the Music” program held on August 13, participants learned how the combination of rhythm, line, space, color, harmony, texture and form, found in both music and visual art, convey the story. Paul invited the group to select three notes, a rhythm style and the “color” or “mood” for a future composition. By adding harmonious notes and varying the “spaces” between the notes, Paul cleverly demonstrated how those decisions could be transformed into the desired, lively piece of music he performed on electric guitar.