Odophonics: A Performance for Scent and Chamber Ensemble with Brian Goeltzenleuchter and Sean Francis Conway

Creatively riffing on a 19th century treatise on the harmonics of smell, Goeltzenleuchter and Conway’s performance challenges current perceptions of how we experience smell and sound. The auditory element involves Minimalist structures that create gradual chord transformations, while corresponding scent notes are released in time. In collaboration with the Institute for Art and Olfaction.

Artist and Musician Bios: 

Brian Goeltzenleuchter is a research-based conceptual artist working at the intersection of social engagement, olfactory art, and image-making. He has held residencies at Banff Centre,  Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Sculpture Space, and Institute for Art and Olfaction.  He is the Darlene Shiley Honors Faculty Fellow at San Diego State University. 

Sean Francis Conway is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in San Diego. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2007.  Conway founded the marching sound collective “BOMBSHELL BOOM BOOM (!)” and has performed with groups such as The Santa Clara Vanguard, Gamelan Galak Tika, and No Know Sound Band. 

Robbie Bui is a contemporary cellist who graduated with a Master of Arts in Contemporary Cello performance at University of California San Diego studying with Charles Curtis. Bui is currently recognized in ensembles such as La Jolla Symphony, Pacific Lyric Association, Ecce Ensemble, Palimpsest Ensemble, and Alinéa Ensemble. 

Batya MacAdam-Somer plays the violin, occasionally the viola, and sometimes sings as well. She enjoys collaborative ventures across a variety of musical genres and has performed throughout the USA, Mexico, The United Kingdom and Europe.  

Rebecca Matayoshi is a violist with the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra and an acting violist with San Diego Symphony. She holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign and her principal teachers and mentors include Marcus Thompson, Masumi Rostad, Rudolf Haken, Ralph Fielding and Li-Kuo Chang. 

Bassist Kathryn Schulmeister enjoys a creative musical practice ranging from classical to experimental. Kathryn is a member of several contemporary music ensembles including the ELISION Ensemble, Fonema Consort, and Echoi Ensemble. She is an Assistant Professor of Practice in String Bass at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music.