Essays about: "improvised music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words improvised music.

  1. 1. Activating The Ear : Exploring the development of listening, interplay, and presence in improvised music through spoken games and musical exercises.

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : Fiach O Briain; [2022]
    Keywords : improvisation; interplay;

    Abstract : Listening and presence are essential skills of co-creative group improvisation. The purpose of this project was to construct a series of spoken games and musical exercises with the goal of enhancing the players’ sense of interpersonal awareness in improvised music settings. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Hell Harp of Hieronymus Bosch. The building of an experimental musical instrument, and a critical account of an experience of a community of musicians.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Johannes Bergmark; [2019-10-08]
    Keywords : Experimental musical instruments; improvised music; Hieronymus Bosch; musical performance art; music sociology; surrealism;

    Abstract : Taking a detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden Of Earthly Delights as a point of departure, an instrument is built for a musical performance act deeply involving the body of the musician. The process from idea to performance is recorded and described as a compositional and improvisational process. READ MORE

  4. 3. Jamming with the Plot Twister : Designing virtual worlds for improvised performances

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

    Author : Einar Christoffersson; [2018]
    Keywords : interface; audiovisual; improvisation; performance; electronic; music;

    Abstract : Using a research through design approach, this thesis presents a first prototype of Plot Twister, a novel interactive, audiovisual interface specifically designed for solo musicians improvising alongside computers. This highly simplified and intuitive interface allows the performer to simultaneously manipulate visual and musical content using one single controller, thus enabling the other hand to play an instrument. READ MORE

  5. 4. Musikarrangemang som hållbarhetsstrategi i Lindängen : projekt och processer i den urbana områdesutvecklingen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Anna Sommardal; [2017]
    Keywords : medborgardeltagande; samverkan; projektprocesser; områdesutveckling; social hållbarhet; socialt kapital; kultur; pianon; musik; Lindängen; Lindängenstyle; boundary objects;

    Abstract : Denna masteruppsats bygger på en fallstudie av ett samskapande musikprojekt som genomfördes våren 2016 i ett bostadsområde av lokala aktörer och boende, tillsammans med uppsatsförfattaren. Lindängen, platsen där projektet ägde rum är ett miljonprogramsområde i utkanten av Malmö, med en ung befolkning och problematik som segregering och social exklusion. READ MORE

  6. 5. Metsän väki - Forest Dwellers : creating a collaborative, semi-improvised performance that combines music, visual art, dance and performance art

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Johanna Pitkänen; [2016]
    Keywords : collaboration; visual art; organic music; composition; cross-disciplinary improvisation; environment;

    Abstract : ‘Metsän väki - Forest Dwellers’ was my Professional Integration Project (PIP). The project consisted of creating a performance titled ‘Metsän väki’, which was performed on May 9th 2016 in Helsinki, Finland and of writing this thesis. READ MORE