This Pick of the Weekend is dedicated to the use of technology in musical presentations and studies. We start this edition with a remarkable performance of Justice, a Library commission by Roger Reynolds, performed in the Jefferson Building's Great Hall in 2001. We paired it with two lectures: the first on technology in music and the role of performance spaces in the presentation of music and art; the second on the use of new technologies to study physical characteristics of musical instruments. We hope you enjoy it!

Performance date: November 30, 2001 Justice by Roger Reynolds Composer Roger Reynolds' operatic work Justice, commissioned for the celebration of the Library's Bicentennial in 2000, was performed in the Great Hall of the Library's Jefferson Building. Composed for actress, soprano, percussionist, multichannel computer sound, and real-time surround sound, Justice is based on the Greek tragedy of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The text was adapted from Aeschylus and Euripides. All three performers-actress, soprano and percussionist - portray aspects of Clytemnestra's character as she contemplates her husband's return from the Trojan War and his subsequent death at her hand in retribution for the death of their daughter Iphigenia.

Event date: March 3, 2010 Forum on Artists and Technology  Here we present a panel discussion by composers Steve Antosca and Roger Reynolds moderated by Professor Thomas DeLio from the University of Maryland, College Park. This event is part of the spring 2010 series of lectures, workshops, forums, and performances focusing on current and historical trends in the use of technology in music, as well as the role that performance spaces play in the dissemination of music, art, and technology.

Lecture date: April 10, 2018 Science Meets Music: Technical Studies of Musical                               Instruments This program features recent in-depth studies that serve as models of collaborations among curators, conservators and cultural heritage scientists in the field of musical studies. As part of a National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Preservation and Access Grant-funded project involving the Library of Congress, the Catholic University of America, and George Washington University, "Science Meets Music: Technical Studies of Musical Instruments" is the first of an annual series. These lectures highlight the NEH-supported study of glass flutes by Claude Laurent in the Library of Congress Dayton C. Miller Collection, along with invited talks that represent groundbreaking, collaborative research with broad interest for cultural heritage curators, conservators, scientists and musicians.

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