The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival is introducing immersive performances using a newly installed projection mapping system at Temple Emanu-El. This technology enhances the concert experience by visually engaging the audience, as evident in last year's successful 'space symphony' accompanying Gustav Holst's 'The Planets.' Festival director Michael Rossi discovered projection mapping at Walt Disney World and secured funding from Miami Beach's General Obligation Bond to purchase the equipment, further enriching the local cultural scene by providing another musical venue alongside nearby concert halls.
"We put the entire audience inside of the set with projections," festival director Michael Rossi says. "Last year, we did a 'space symphony,' consisting of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets.' It was basically like a Disney ride where the audience was flying from one planet to the other and the whole room was moving with those projections. And that was so popular that we ran for over seven weeks."
Rossi first encountered the technology at Walt Disney World, where it was used to illuminate the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom theme park. He then researched its use in elaborate holiday lighting displays, including on his own home in Miami Beach.
Projection mapping involves using specialized software to create a digital model of any irregular surface - the facade of a building, for instance - in order to cleanly display an image onto it with a video projector.
With The Fillmore Miami Beach concert hall and the New World Center just steps away, the new addition gives the area yet another musical venue, albeit one that's rooted in new technology.
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