This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.
An arts and engineering collaboration will bring classical music to rural and remote communities. The stage can go anywhere a trailer can fit.
The BeethoVAN mobile stage was designed and built by South Dakota Mines mechanical engineering students. The project was sponsored by the Rushmore Music Festival, which will use it to perform pop-up concerts all summer.
Mike Ray is communications manager at South Dakota Mines. Brett Walfish is executive director of the Rushmore Music Festival.
They discuss the unique challenges of building a mobile stage that can bring classical music—including a baby grand piano—on the road.
