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Singer has unique ability to see colors in music

April 14, 2003 By admin

One of the international musicians who is performing in three Iowa cities this week has an unusual ability — she sees colors in her mind with every note played. The condition is called synaesthesia. Scotland-born Seonaid Aitken says whenever she sees a letter, number or musical note, or hears the note, she sees a corresponding color. The 25-year-old started playing violin at age eight and says the colors help her create and perform amidst a rainbow of lights. Aitken says “I thought everyone had this when I was younger. I was 16 when I found out what it was.”Aitken says every letter of the alphabet, every number and every note has a unique color. She says whenever she sees an essay in the paper or hears music, the individual letters and sounds create a symphony of color. She says synaesthesia appears only in about one in every ten-thousand people, usually females. Aitken is a member of the cast for the show “Barrage,” which is billed as weaving together music from different eras and cultures to create a musical journey of global scope. This is Aitken’s first visit to Iowa, though she fears she won’t get to see much of it, except out the window of a plane or tour bus. After two-and-a-half years on tour with “Barrage,” Aitken says she still loves the traveling, although life on the road rarely offers her the opportunity to do much sight-seeing. “Barrage” plays in Des Moines on April 15th, Sioux City on the 16th and Iowa City on the 17th.

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