BETHEL — An adventurous, ambient and improvisational instrumental performance by Conni St. Pierre will be presented by the Mahoosuc Arts Council at the Bandstand on the Bethel Common for free at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10 (rain or shine).

St. Pierre performs on a 12-string guitar, loop pedal and electric thumb piano, and is breaking new musical ground on theremin and shakulute.

Shakulute is a bamboo head-joint made for western transverse flutes to be played like the Japanese Zen meditation shakuhachi flute. St. Pierre has been studying shakuhachi since 2005, and has played flute since the age of 11. This combination of instruments uses the sound of the Japanese shakuhachi with the fingering of the traditional western flute.

The theremin was developed by Leon Theremin, who was a physicist working in energy field theory, and research into proximity sensors. It is one of the earliest electronic musical instruments invented, and is controlled without physical contact by the performer.

For more information, visit: www.mahoosucarts.org