Great session today with Oliver Searle who is busy drafting musical ideas for our Technophonia commission.(http://www.drakemusicscotland.org/what-we-do/projects/newmusic20x12/)
Oliver is working on new music for a specially created ensemble including acoustic instruments and music technology played by high school pupils.
Today he brought in some sketches of his first ideas for the piece, to be a suite of 'microscopic dances'. The working title for two of the pieces are "Clandestine Waltz" and "Secluded Charleston". We spent the morning listening to bits of the working score and trying out different ideas using Skoogs, Soundbeams and Logic software.
The piece is beginning to take shape now and we are looking forward to a workshop session this November to get the young musicians together to try out the first version of the music. It will be an exciting day for everyone.
Technophonia will be performed in the summer 2012 - Edinburgh (15 June) Glasgow (22 June) and London (15 July)
Look forward to putting some snippets of the music as it evolves!
This post is very impressive with the professionalism and attitude of all the young people involved in this project. The young musicians from City of Edinburgh Music School are professional editing services enthusiastic and talented players and they have responded really well to the challenges in the score.
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