Second Life Cooridates To The Above Locations:
NMC Machinima Theater (113,100,26)
OneCleveland (210,60,25)
NMC Gonick Amphitheater (114,94,29)

Join Red {an orchestra} in Second Life

When: April 14, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
Where: Second Life OneCleveland and New Media Consortium Campuses (Free to attend)
How:

1. Go to www.secondlife.com one or two days prior to the concert to get set up and oriented
2. Come back to this location at 7:30pm on Saturday April 14 and click the above links to get to the concert
3. Seating at the site is limited. Entry to the Red {an orchestra} performance in Second Life is based on a “first-come” basis

Dear Friends of Red {an orchestra},

You are invited to experience a ground-breaking event. On April 14, 2007, at 8:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time), Red {an orchestra} will be premiering the first ever live digital-simulcast of an American orchestra into the 3D virtual web. In partnership with Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, OneCommunity and the New Media Consortium (Austin, Texas), Red {an orchestra} will perform its concert, That Red Guy, both in Cleveland at the Masonic Auditorium as well as into two sites in Second Life. Second Life is the free online virtual environment that has been gaining international attention as the future of the internet.

This performance heralds the “Grand Opening” of the virtual City of Cleveland and the Case Western Reserve University Campus known as OneCleveland, thereby demonstrating to the world Cleveland’s role as both a “digital city” and great cultural center. This will be the first time ever a live audio/video feed of an American orchestral concert is presented in Second Life and is sure to be of interest to orchestra audiences around the world.

Red {an orchestra} is using this concert experience in Second Life to explore ways of introducing new audiences to Classical Music, an important part of Red’s mission. Second Life has over 5 million inhabitants active worldwide in the site transacting over $1.7 million in real money daily. Many colleges, museums, universities, and corporations have established a presence there for community building, education programs, and collaboration.