Browsing by Subject "Composer"

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    Music and Performance Space Design
    (2015-12-14) Gjesdahl, Kristen
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    Resonant Trajectories
    (2015-05) Curiale, Joseph
    Abstract My musical composition, Resonant Trajectories is the first entirely electronic PhD dissertation in Music Composition in the history of the University of Minnesota School of Music. Based on NASA's Voyager deep space missions, the six-movement composition exemplifies how software-based virtual instruments have largely replaced their historical hardware predecessors in the creation of modern music and, to some degree, modern film scores. Embellished with virtuosic electric bass and electric guitar solos, and recorded to a music industry-standard digital platform, the audio component of the dissertation is accompanied by this written essay that offers complete technical data and detailed synthesizer sound generation and effects parameters, recording track diagrams, and compositional insights. This musical endeavor not only helps bridge art, science, and culture, but also blurs the boundaries between musical genres and performance spaces (the concert hall vs. the disco). It brings Trance-generated, electronic dance music sounds and rhythms (EDM) and Jazz improvisation to traditional concert music audiences, at the same time giving pop music dance audiences the opportunity to experience elements of their music synthesized for the concert hall.
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    Ritual #1: a case study in collaborative process.
    (2012-02) Crockett, Zachary
    After introducing historical models of interdisciplinary collaboration, I describe my process, laying out an example for future creators of collaborative arts performances. When I began this project, I felt like there was no precedent that gave a clear path for how to work. Even after consulting with various mentors, I was only made aware of one artist I could contact who had done something similar. I attempted to follow his model but knew from the beginning that I was working with a significantly more limited budget and different goals. With some experience I gave up on the initial idea and switched to a project that felt more conventional and pragmatic. Interesting elements of this new direction gradually took shape, and a graphically distributed identity of collaborators generated not only aesthetic content but also logistic solutions. The process of creating VOCA::Omni (Ritual #1) facilitated deep artistic exploration and growth for me and all the collaborators.