I used goat toes as a musical instrument

Scott Paulson handed me goat toes, and I used them to play music.

I never thought that'd ever happen but as we've all noted this year, hangin' out with Scott is always filled with adventure.

My favorite instrument of all was this non-electrical musical knocker. Get this: instead of producing a "knock, knock" sound, you'll here this baby chime.

While playing with all the instruments in Scott's eclectic selection, I used my new networking tips so say "hi, how are you" and participate in good old fashioned "F - U - N".

I learned a few more good tips from Scott about networking too, such as making use of an object as a conversation starter. I saw Scott mingle with over 20 strangers, asking them to participate in the show. Within half of hour, Scott made an impression with a large audience as a creative, fun, and talented musician.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

While Scott and his trio played music, a silent film about a grasshopper and a beetle played just outside The Loft.

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Starring Scott Paulson

Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist)
live music at the loft video gallery

Throughout April (April 1–April 30), ArtPower! Film welcomes Scott Paulson to The Loft Video Gallery (LVG).

Each month, ArtPower! invites a guest curator to choose their own theme and the films or videos that support their interests. Almost anything goes!

Scott's intriguing theme for April is “Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist).” Scott is an award winning local musician, UCSD alumnus, and outreach coordinator of the UCSD Arts Library.

In case you missed Scott's live performance on April 2, he and his Tiny Tiny Pit Orchestra for Silent Films will play a live set again–right in front of the LVG on April 28 at 12 PM–to bring his LVG curatorial debut to a close (until the next time!).

Films
Symphonie Diagonale (l924), 7.5 minutes
Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), 67 minutes
La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922), 35 minutes
Menilmontant (1926), 37 minutes
Revenge of the Kinematograph Cameraman (1912), 13 minutes
Kiss (1963), 50 minutes

His own performance ensemble, The Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra, provides live music for silent film screenings, ballet productions, radio dramas, operas, theatrical productions and experimental avant-vaudeville shows. P

aulson plays oboe in the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and also is the University Carillonneur at UCSD, performing live on Geisel Library's rooftop chimes (yes, he takes song requests!) Scott also serves as the Outreach Coordinator for the UCSD Arts Library for which he founded and directs various festivals: The Short Attention Span Chamber Music Series, the annual Toy Piano Festival, The Not-So-Silent Film Festival, and a Paper Theatre Festival.

Performers
Scott Paulson
Ryoko Amadee Goguen
Christian Hertzog
Matt Swagler

About Scott Paulson and his silent film band:
"An out-of-the-ordinary cinematic experience"–LA Times
"Weird and wonderful"–San Diego CityBeat
"Unique and popular...Scott Paulson's merry band of eccentric nightingales is an inspired notion."–SD Union Tribune
"This madcap ensemble is reinventing an art form."–LA Times
"Classically trained and charmingly twisted"–SD CityBeat
"Madcap and somewhat in the Spike Jones/Dadaist tradition."–SD Union Tribune
"Paulson's brand of G-rated fun, a sort of modern day morphing of Captain Kangaroo and Spike Jones, is always lively and at times wonderfully chaotic"–LA Times

Point of View with Scott Paulson

We have a celebrity in our midsts, and I'd like to be the first in line to get his autograph!

Scott Paulson has made headlines once again, with a feature article on UC San Diego Blink's homepage. And, it's a goooood article, with great insights into the life and times of our dear friend.

Like, did you know that Scott was the live-in cook for Roger Revelle. Or, that he hosts a monthly live chamber music series and screens 16mm silent films?

We already knew that Scott takes requests to play the campus carillon, but did you knw that he was officially named the "University Carillonneur" by none other than the then-Chancellor Richard Atkinson himself?

And, who can resist an article with a picture of Scott with a rubber ducky? I knew I couldn't.

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Our own Scott Paulson!

Our own Scott Paulson made Blink headlines on Friday, January 16th for his talents with the chimes atop Geisel Library.

As the university carillonneur, Scott's ringing in the new year by playing new pieces specially written for Geisel Library's chimes. Take a break each Friday this month at noon to enjoy the live concerts.

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