We are excited to announce the auction of a Moog Little Phatty Stage II synthesizer signed by over 15 artists from the floating musical experience, Jam Cruise 10. The auction, which benefits our educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, will be hosted on the Bob Moog Foundation’s eBay portal from January 19 to January 29.

During Jam Cruise 10, which took place from January 9-14 2012, both legendary and contemporary musicians signed the instrument, including:

• Bruce Hornsby
• John Oates (Hall and Oates)
• Robert Walters (Greyboy Allstars)
• Neal Evans (Soulive)
• Joe Tatton (The New Mastersounds)
• Joel Cummins (Umphrey’s McGee)
• Nigel Hall (Lettuce)
• Rich Vogel (Galactic)
• Skerik (Garage a Trois)
• Alex B. (Paper Diamond)
• Adam Deitch (Break Science)
• Steve Kimock
• Toots (Toots and the Maytals)
• Trombone Shorty
• Colonel Bruce Hampton
• That 1 Guy
• DJ Logic
• Ulises Bella (Ozomatli)
• Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli)
• Jamie Shields (the New Deal)

Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, our educational program, teaches children the science of sound through the magic of music. Using electronic musical instruments such as theremins, synthesizers and effect pedals, as well as oscilloscopes and other teaching aides, the innovative program engages children in the basic physics of sound through the parameters of electronic music. A standardized curriculum for Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool is currently in a pilot phase with the Asheville City Schools at the second grade level and our goal is to grow the program nationwide. Dr. Bob’s SoundsSchool brought its experiential learning experience to 50 children in Jamaica as part of Jam Cruise’s Positive Legacy project.

The Little Phatty® synthesizer was donated to the Bob Moog Foundation by Moog Music, Inc.  The Little Phatty Stage II is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music since 2006. It puts the performer in control of 100% analog signal path, two Voltage Controlled Oscillators and the Voltage Controlled Filter. Other versatile features include external audio input, CV and KB gate input, full MIDI controller, MIDI over USB, MIDI Clock Sync, an arpeggiator and Tap Tempo. The Little Phatty Stage II brings true analog synthesis to contemporary performance and production, making it modern music powerhouse.

Bidding on the autographed Little Phatty is now open!  You can place your bid here.

Early on the morning of the launch, when our first website went live, the phone rang and a deep, gentle voice left a message that began “Greetings on this very special day, my name is Doug Babb……….”. Little did we know on that day of the Foundation’s birth what many gifts Doug would have in store for us over the next five years.

Doug Babb is a musician and educator who was taught by Bob Moog’s friend, colleague, and avant- garde opera composer John Eaton at Indiana University. Through John, Doug met Bob Moog and later helped advise Bob on the parameters for a portable synth that Bob was working on with his team of engineers. This portable synth was later to become known as the Minimoog.  Doug maintained a deep interest in everything Moog and in more recent years worked in a consultant’s capacity for Moog Music, Inc.

Doug reached out to us on that August day in 2006 to see how he could help. It wasn’t long after that we discovered that Doug’s vast knowledge of the Moog legacy could be of great service in helping us understand the huge archive that Bob had left behind. In 2006, the collection was still in Bob’s former workshop in the hills of western NC where it was succumbing to the effects of mold, time and small rodents.

Doug generously volunteered to travel down to Asheville, NC from Indiana to help sort through the archives and assist us determining the breadth of the collection, and to prioritize it. This was a long process, involving five separate visits extending over almost a year’s time, and scores of hours in moldy conditions sorting, prioritizing, re-boxing and transporting Bob’s archives to safety. A couple of times Doug worked with Michelle and a team of volunteers. The rest of the time, it was the quiet, dedicated work of the two of them that resulted in the initial salvation of the historic collection.

Here are some photos that Doug took of those early days sifting through the archives (photos copyright Douglas Babb 2011):

The archives have been safely stored for almost five years, but Doug’s contributions to our efforts continue. This summer, Doug drove down to Asheville once again to donate over 800 electronic music-related magazines, including Keyboard Magazine, Electronic Musician, Tape-Op, Sound on Sound and more to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives.  This library of media will serve as a wonderful resource for students and researchers of electronic music history and will eventually be housed in the Moogseum. The Keyboard Magazines in particular include many articles written by Bob throughout the years.

Here is a sampling of the materials that Doug donated to the archives (Photos copyright the Bob Moog Foundation 2011):

Thank you Doug for your support and guidance in our work to protect and preserve Bob’s archives!

You can read more about Doug at www.TheMoogGuy.com and at this article in NUVO http://bit.ly/ru33hF.

Asheville Brewing Company and the Bob Moog Foundation are proud to announce the release of the second limited edition of Moog Filtered Ale, a pale beer named in honor of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog. The two organizations partnered in 2010, releasing the first edition to international acclaim. The Ale will be available October 6, 2011, through November 7, 2011. Proceeds from the sale of the beer will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation to benefit their mission of igniting the innovative and creative through science, music and history. The timing of the beer’s release coincides with Moogfest, the three-day electronic music festival to be held in Asheville, N.C., on October 28, 29, and 30, 2011.

Moog Filtered Ale is an American-style pale ale with distinctive notes of caramel and pine. It will be distributed nationally and internationally in 22-ounce bottles through Asheville’s Bruisin’ Ales and will be distributed locally by Budweiser of Asheville at various locations throughout Western North Carolina, on draft and in 22-ounce bottles.

Asheville Brewing has been making outstanding craft beers since 1998 and has won several awards for its beers. As an active supporter of local non-profit groups, they are thrilled to be working with the Bob Moog Foundation, whose work is innovative and historical. Through Moog Filtered Ale, Asheville Brewing aims to support the interactive educational programs that the Foundation is developing to teach science through music, as well as to support the eventual creation of the Moogseum.

Asheville Brewing Company President Mike Rangel says, “We are honored to be working with the Bob Moog Foundation again this year to help keep Bob’s vision and legacy alive. By donating the profits from Moog Filtered Ale, we will be supporting innovative science education through the Foundation’s Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool outreach program. Moog Filtered Ale is absolutely the most exciting project our company has been involved in, and after the success of last year’s collaboration, we couldn’t wait to do it again this year.”

The Bob Moog Foundation is extremely proud and grateful to be partnering with Asheville Brewing Company again this year. The funding from last year’s sales of Moog Filtered Ale was of tremendous assistance in helping us reach our goals. As a result, our programs are thriving and our organization is stronger than ever. Purchasing Moog Filtered Ale is a very tasty way for people to support both the work of the Bob Moog Foundation and Asheville Brewing Company, a small business that supports many local non-profit organizations all year long.

The label for the Ale is an original design by Asheville artist Phil Cheney. Featuring vibrant shades of purple, green, and orange, the label shows Bob Moog leaning over a keyboard with musical notes, synthesizer knobs, and patch cables floating above his head.

A line of t-shirts and other merchandise featuring the label will be available through www.shop.ashevillebrewing.com beginning October 10.

Leon Theremin in 1991 at Stanford University; Photo credit: Bob Moog Foundation courtesy of Renee Moog

Leon Theremin’s early contributions to electronic music are as profound as any, and his impact on Bob Moog’s life and career are equally as deep. For those of you who don’t know, Bob began building theremins when he was 14 — back in 1948. By the time he was 19, he wrote his first article for Radio and Television News entitled The Theremin, which informational and instructional, guiding the reader how to build their own theremin. From this article Bob received so many requests for theremin parts that he launched his first company, R.A. Moog, Co., out of the basement of his parent’s house in Flushing, Queens, New York.

Bob built and sold theremin parts, kits and assembled instruments exclusively until 1963, when he met experimental jazz composer Herb Deutsch at a state educator’s conference.  Bob was, you guessed it,  there representing his theremin-based company. Even this meeting, one that would play a pivotal role in Bob’s career and in the course of electronic music itself, was based on Herb having one of Bob’s early theremins. Through Bob’s extensive work with the theremin, Herb felt compelled to ask him to embark on a road that would eventually lead to their collaboration on what would become the Moog synthesizer.

Although Bob had a long, illustrious career in synthesizer design, the theremin remained a current throughout work. In 1991, Bob introduced the 91 Series of vintage style theremins, and the best-selling Etherwave was soon to follow. Bob’s connection to the theremin was not only to the instrument itself. In this passage from the forward of Albert Glinsky’s definitive biography Theremin, Bob writes the following about his connection to Leon Theremin:

Leon Theremin and Bob Moog, 1991

“Around this time, the documentary filmmaker Steven Martin contacted me. He told me that he planned to produce a feature-length documentary film on Theremin’s life and work, and he asked for my assistance. He wanted to film Clara Rockmore as she played her theremin in public, but her instrument was not working at the time, and in fact had not been working for several years. Martin asked me to come to Ms. Rockmore’s apartment to help restore her instrument. The opportunity to work on an instrument that Leon Theremin himself had built was too attractive to resist, so I agreed to do it. I arrived at Mrs. Rockmore’s apartment with my tool kit and test equipment on a Friday. Michael Jansen (Mrs. Rockmore’s regular technician) and I completely dismantled her instrument. We found many components that were faulty and had to be replaced. By Sunday afternoon we had reassembled the instrument. Mrs. Rockmore then tried it by playing a few notes. “No” she said impatiently, “it doesn’t play right”. Michael and I reset some internal adjustments, and Mrs. Rockmore  tried the instrument again. “No, it’s still not right” she said. Once again, we reset the adjustments. Mrs. Rockmore tried a few notes, then proceeded with George Gershwin’s “Summertime” from beginning to end. At the end, tears were in her eyes. She turned to us and said “I was afraid I would never be able to play that instrument again.” At that moment I sensed a strong spiritual connection with Leon Theremin, a feeling that remains with me even now. I consider that that moment was the high point of my professional career.”

August 15th marked what would have been Leon Theremin’s 105th birthday, making this an apt time of year to pay tribute. Leon Theremin, wherever in the ether you may be, we remember now and always for you pioneering work — work that lives on through so many people to this day.

Marc Doty is a songwriter, composer, and synthesist from Washington State.  His obsession with Moog and other vintage analog synthesizers led to him the creation of a synthesizer demonstration YouTube channel, Automatic Gainsay, which now has nearly 4 million views.  His video work as well as his passion for the work of Robert Moog, synthesizers, and the history of electronic music has resulted in the Bob Moog Foundation bringing him on as “Artist in Residence”  for one month this summer.  Marc will  be using his visual and videographical skills to aid the Bob Moog Foundation in various projects including developing materials for the MoogLab curriculum. You can see more of  his synth education work at http://www.youtube.com/automaticgainsay.

If you’re like me (and you probably are), there was a time in your life (or is a time in your life) where you have looked at a piece of music technology and said, “I wish I had that.”  If you’re like me, you’ve looked at a Moog synthesizer and said “I wish I had that.”  And lastly (and most importantly), if you’re like me, you’ve looked at the history of electronic music and said “I wish I could experience some of that.”

A week ago, I was asked to help at the Bob Moog Foundation’s archive facility.  There was a new donation coming in, and we needed to assemble some shelves.  We were using some donated shelves, and these shelves were of the variety which depends on the little plastic sleeves which hold the shelf in place.  As most of you know, these sleeves are made from a sort of plastic which is not entirely stable in our universe, and they are quite likely to wink out of existence at any given moment when not holding up a shelf.  As such, most of them were missing for the shelves we were assembling.  Because of the time delay the acquisition of more sleeves would generate, most everyone parted ways temporarily.  This left me standing in the Bob Moog Archives.  Alone.  For at least an hour.

The phrase that kept playing in my head was “kid in a candy store.”  But it was not that.  It was more like a kid in a candy world… in a world… well, of pure imagination.  Yeah, that’s right.  Let Gene Wilder sing that song in your head for a bit, and listen to the lyrics.  They all apply.

My blog about the Bob Moog Foundation document archives described them as living history… but they are only half of the living history.  The other half was in this facility,  where all of the devices are.  This is where the physical work of Bob Moog resides.  I found myself standing surrounded by the technology Bob created, and had nothing to do for the next hour but experience it.

I looked around in slack-jawed amazement.  What did I see?  Let me tell you:

•David Borden’s Moog modular synthesizer.  Keyboard, ribbon controller, everything.  Some of you might be surprised to know this, but this is the first Moog modular I’ve ever seen in person, or ever touched.

•Not one, but TWO RCA theremins.  One is disassembled, but all of the parts are there.  Yeah, that’s right… the rarest and most sought-after theremin in history, and the Foundation possesses two.

•A gizmotron with correspondence about its testing.

•A Synton vocoder.

•A number of Moog modules in various forms.

•The speakers used at the 1969 MOMA “Jazz in the Garden” performance, the first live performance of four Moog modular synthesizers.

•A Moog LAB series amp, serial number one

•Boxes of prototype Moogerfoogers, hand wired by Bob.

•Tons of original audio, including original Wendy Carlos, Isao Tomita, Roger Powell, and Beaver and Krause recordings.

•Tons of theremins of various types.

•Crumar Spirit No. 1.  Yep, that’s right, the very first one.

•The last Minimoog ever made, serial number 13, 269.

•Tons more documents and correspondence which literally portray the history of electronic music.  And that is no exaggeration.  While many of you probably only think of Bob in the context of the Moog synthesizers he produced, you should know that he was involved with a huge amount of collaboration with a number of important composers, musicians, and technologists in regard to electronic music.

•Several reel to reel recorders, including some designed or altered by Bob.

•An Oberheim Xpander and a Rhodes Chroma Expander.

•A Micromoog

A Solovox

•A slew of vintage antique oscillators.

•An Edison cylinder player.

And more, and more, and more.

I ran from wonder to wonder just like those awful children did at the Wonka factory, but unlike them, I was in silent adoration and awe.  Not only are all of these things incredibly interesting, they’re all incredibly important.  They portray the great work of a talented man, and the history that sprung up around him pursuing his interests.

So, okay… if I were you reading this, I’d be thinking “I wish I could see and experience all of that stuff.”

Well, guess what?  You can experience it.  You have the opportunity to experience all of this incredible history, all of these interesting devices, and all of the musical instruments.  The plan is for everyone to benefit from this incredible legacy- in the form of the Moogseum.  The only thing between you and this experience you covet (or should covet) is funding.

The Bob Moog Foundation needs support to make the Moogseum a reality.  It’s no easy task to fund a museum, but once that happens, you will have the ability to do what I did in the archives.  Yeah, that’s right… while you were hating on me for being able to see all of that stuff, you didn’t know that you can see it too.  Awesome, isn’t it?

If you want to have that experience, the best way for you to do it is to help us raise the money through volunteering or donating.  Then everyone benefits… and the world gets to see the actual history of the man, his legacy, his collaborators and the broader legacy of electronic music, we love.

If you’re like me, you can’t wait one more minute for that.  Consider supporting the Foundation’s important effort to preserve the history which is so important to our understanding and culture.

You can get  your own cool piece of Moog history! Sign up for the Bob Moog Foundation’s eNewsletter and get a free download of a rare document and rarely seen photos from the archives.

By Marc Doty

Marc Doty is a songwriter, composer, and synthesist from Washington State.  His obsession with Moog and other vintage analog synthesizers led to him the creation of a synthesizer demonstration YouTube channel, Automatic Gainsay which now has nearly 4 million views.  His video work as well as his passion for the work of Robert Moog, synthesizers, and the history of electronic music has resulted in the Bob Moog Foundation bringing him on as “Artist in Residence”  for one month this summer.  Marc will  be using his visual and videographical skills to aid the Bob Moog Foundation in various projects including developing materials for the MoogLab curriculum. You can see more of  his synth education work at http://www.youtube.com/automaticgainsay.

I come from a long line of great teachers, so I come by my urge to help people learn about stuff honestly.  What you might not know is that I also have a degree in music education.

I majored in music education because it afforded me the most music classes possible, which I preferred over the less-intense music major.  But the drawback with majoring in music education was the fact that, in addition to all the great extra music classes I got to take, I also had to take education classes.

Personally, I don’t believe a someone can be taught to teach.  Teaching is a talent.  You can’t teach a person to have a talent, you can only foster that talent.  I feel similarly about curricula.  So often, they are well-intentioned but uninspired structures which end up interfering with the specific talents of teachers.  I think that curricula are often designed by people who have passion for education, but lack passion for the subject(s) addressed.  It’s easy to get bogged down in various requirements, challenging administrative environments, and a general lack of inspiration in regard to the talent that is teaching.

One of the greatest educational challenges is creating a curriculum which delivers required content as well as being fun and interesting.  As a college student, I saw a lot of curricula which succeeded in either one or the other.  As a classroom student, I saw a lot of curricula which succeeded in neither.

So, when I was taken on to design support materials for the MoogLab curriculum project here at the Bob Moog Foundation, you can imagine what I expected.

But immediately… not only were my fears assuaged and my expectations proven inaccurate, but my faith in education, love for sound, and inspiration to help children learn effectively were ignited.  The group assigned to this task is made up of talented, skilled, and enthusiastic people. We’ve worked together to create the curriculum I thought impossible: one that is as informative and effective as it is fun and interesting.

We have wrapped the science of sound in the love of music and simplified it in a way that is both digestible by the second grader, and completely accurate.  That is quite an accomplishment!

It is incredibly exciting to be involved with a program that will have the impact this will have, and it is truly inspiring (and no surprise at all) that it’s all built around the genius of Bob Moog.  See?  This is another reason why the Bob Moog Foundation is so important.  His legacy is a powerful motivation and inspiration for education, and the passion of people here at the Foundation who recognize that legacy inspires incredible results.

I am continually amazed and inspired by the many ways the BMF is weaving the genius of Bob Moog through people’s lives with a goal of igniting the innovators in all of us.

Marc Doty

We are delighted to announce that synthesizer education guru Marc Doty will be in residence at the Bob Moog Foundation in Asheville for a month this summer. With nearly four million views and 107 educational videos online Marc is well known to the synth community and beyond as a passionate teacher of the technology behind vintage analog synthesizers.

Clarity, expertise, and enthusiasm characteristize Marc’s signature style. His videos, which can be viewed at his YouTube channel AutomaticGainsay, feature a range of such classic vintage synthesizers as the Arp 2600  and the Korg MS-20. Perhaps Marc’s most notable video is his demonstration of the Minimoog Model D, which has drawn the interest of over 800,000 viewers, making it one of the most popular synthesizer demonstration videos on line. Check it out here:

And part 1 of nine videos on the ARP 2600:

This collection of online educational assets is but a side project for Marc. By day, he is a freelance graphics designer and videographer.   Recently he combined his talents by creating graphic materials explaining the basics of synthesis for our educational outreach efforts. When the need arose from our MoogLab curriculum team for a graphics designer with an expertise in synthesis to produce much needed materials over the summer, we knew Marc was the perfect candidate.

We are delighted to welcome Marc in joining our team for the one month period of July 15-August 15. During his residency, Marc will be lending his expertise and talents to MoogLab and various other projects of the Bob Moog Foundation. Keep your eye out for graphics and videos that we will post here as his work progresses! Until then, check out Marc’s videos — there’s lots of great information in them!

Commissioned by the Bob Moog Foundation, the Novitiate was designed for teaching electronic music synthesis to beginners.

The unique synth manufacturer Dewanatron [http://www.dewanatron.com], helmed by cousins Brian and Leon Dewan, began as a pair of musical performers who built electronic musical instruments to suit their own needs. Their efforts grew into a business that now supplies some of the most unusual synthesizers you can buy. A few months ago, Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa asked Dewanatron to design and build a distinctive new synth that was soon dubbed the Novitiate.

According to Brian Dewan, “Michelle asked us if we would make something that was specifically for teaching people about basic concepts of modular synthesis. It’s the first instrument we made that was not really conceived of as first and foremost for making music.”

The Novitiate Front Panel - Photo by Reggie Tidwell

Leon Dewan adds, “We designed in the Novitiate something very simple for someone who doesn’t know anything about synthesis to start with and just get a handle on the basics of waveforms and filtering and frequency modulation.”

The front panel’s four sections—oscillator, modulation, filter, and envelope—each demonstrate a primary synthesizer function. A button in the oscillator section triggers the oscillator independently of the other sections, generating four waveforms and covering the entire range of human hearing and beyond. Pressing another button in the modulation section routes a separate modulating oscillator to the main oscillator. The modulator’s continuously variable frequency ranges from a slow pulsation to rates beyond human hearing, enabling vibrato and FM effects. Pressing a third button lets you hear the effect of the Novitiate’s resonant lowpass filter, and a fourth triggers an ADSR envelope generator. Level knobs let you apply the envelope to control filter frequency, amplifier volume, and modulation depth.

The Novitiate Control Panel

Housed in a furniture-grade poplar cabinet, the Novitiate has 1950s sci-fi movie styling that’s best be described as “futuristically retro.” Special touches include a control panel finished in blue-green metal-flake glaze, chicken-head knobs, oversized rotary dials, and buttons that look exactly like doorbells. Built-in speakers reveal a surprisingly powerful stereo amplifier onboard. The instrument also has two headphone jacks with independent volume knobs and two main audio outputs. Instead of the usual power switch, the Novitiate has a lock and key for turning power on and off, ensuring that it would be useless to anyone who might consider stealing it.

The Novitiate by Dewanatron

Although the Novitiate is a true analog synth in the Bob Moog tradition, it lacks any kind of keyboard or MIDI connection. As it turns out, those features are unnecessary for teaching the basics of synthesis. If desired, however, it does have control-voltage and gate inputs for connecting modular synthesizer gear, including an analog synth keyboard.

The Novitiate made its debut at the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) in May. It will again be available to the public at The Artery in Asheville’s River Arts District during Pushing the Envelope: ADSR, a multimedia art show cosponsored by the Bob Moog Foundation and the Asheville Area Arts Council, beginning July 9 and ending July 30, 2011.

“It is the goal of our MoogLab program to teach science through music not only to synthesizer fans, but to people from all walks of life and of all ages,” says Michelle Moog-Koussa. “We are delighted to add the Novitiate to our MoogLab program, and we are deeply grateful to Brian and Leon Dewan for supporting our educational initiatives with this custom instrument.”

ARTURIA and the BOB MOOG FOUNDATION are proud to introduce Dr. Bob’s Collector Pack. This unique  box set includes Arturia’s award-winning Minimoog-V and Moog Modular V, a DVD of the Moog documentary, an archival book featuring unreleased material curated by Michelle Moog-Koussa entitled From Bob Moog’s Private Archives, and an official Bob Moog Foundation button.

You can see a history of the Moog Modular V here.

Quantities are limited to 1000 copies worldwide. Profits will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation to benefit their projects which carry Bob Moog’s pioneering legacy forward.

The bundle pack will retail for $299.00US. Click here to purchase Dr. Bob’s Collector’s Pack.

To celebrate this event, Arturia is also organizing a contest to win a 1975 Minimoog Model D synthesizer on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/arturia2.

“We are delighted to partner with the BMF and bring to musicians Dr. Bob, a pack that will be of high value to everyone interested in Bob Moog’s legacy. Years ago, Arturia was extremely lucky to work with Bob Moog on the re-creation of some of his most famous synthesizers. Today we are extremely happy to support the BMF and give a little back, while bringing to the market a great collector box.”

— Frederic Brun (President of Arturia)

“”The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to share many items from our archives for the one-of-a-kind From Bob Moog’s Private Archives booklet included in Dr. Bob’s Collector Pack. The items gracing these pages, many of them rarely seen, illuminate pivotal junctures in the rich history of the Moog legacy. From Bob Moog’s Private Archives is the first published collection of images from the vast trove of materials that Bob accumulated over the length of his 50-year career; it serves as the ultimate complement to the materials in the Pack. Our thanks to Arturia for highlighting the sonic, historical and human legacy that Bob Moog left for us all to enjoy.”

— Michelle Moog-Koussa (Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation)

Dr. Bob's Collector Pack: Tribute to a Pioneer, Benefit to the Legacy, Value to the Musician

Miami Artist David LeBatard Lends His Artistry to Benefit the Bob Moog Foundation

David ‘LEBO’ Le Batard provides a bright spot of visual artistry on board Jam Cruise every year. Lebo, known for his colorful expressionism, delights the cruisers with his talents as he paints large music-inspired canvases live during many of the concerts on board. The canvases are then auctioned, with some of the proceeds going to charitable causes.

You can learn more about LEBO at his website, www.lebostudios.com.

Be sure to check out a sampling of his fantastic art here.

With the Bob Moog Foundation joining in on Jam Cruise this year, LEBO extended his efforts and painted three Etherwave® Theremins (generously donated by Moog Music, Inc.) to auction live and support the Foundation. Over $3,000 was raised through this effort.

Thank you, David, for supporting our cause and helping us ignite creativity at the intersection of music and science! Thanks for rocking our Jam Cruise with your inspired art!

Two of the theremins that LEBO painted are featured in this photo galllery:

Note: Photos in first row taken by Jason Koerner