The Ripple Effect
The Ripple Effect

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“Paper Music”

Music by Philip Rugel

Inspired by the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company postcard
Object 67.358.14

Artist's Statement

For this part of the exhibition, I took my inspiration from a poster showing the grandeur of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company factory. It’s a massive structure that must have employed thousands of people. My music is dedicated to those workers.

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About the Ripple Effect 

Project Sponsors

The Ripple Effect is a collaboration between the Connecting Chords Music Festival, the Friends of Poetry, and the Kalamazoo Valley Museum. Additional funding was provided by the The Arts Fund of Kalamazoo County, a grant program of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.

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