One-Page Score Project opens the door to a whole new world of sound and music, April 30 and May 7
Vancouver New Music releases its biggest graphic-notation project ever to live, virtual audiences
Some of the graphic scores from Vancouver New Music’s biggest One-Page Score Project.
Vancouver New Music’s One-Page Score Project premieres in two parts, on April 30 and May 7, at 11 am PDT via YouTube.
ONE OF THE city’s most ambitious musical projects is about to come to life.
Vancouver New Music’s One-Page Score Project with Vancouver School Board University Transition Program students is the organization’s biggest such effort ever.
A graphic score is just as it sounds; rather than through traditional musical notation, sounds and sonic textures can be represented by images, signs, and symbols. This style of music-making opens up the door to a world of composers: people don’t need any prior knowledge of how to write or read conventional musical notes; they just need a desire to explore, play with, and create sound.
This past April, VNM artistic director Giorgio Magnanensi worked with 42 students, who learned all about sound, composition, gesture, figure, and graphic notation. They then worked in groups to create their own single-page Scores, which explore themes such as chaos, time, weather, family, movement, and more.
Each student group was then paired with a professional musician, who created sonic interpretations of the scores. The 20 participating sound artists contributed their own unique instrumentation and musical style to their given piece.
The One-Page Score Project is being released live in two parts on YouTube.
Session one happens at 11 am PDT on April 30 with a live YouTube watch party and chat. The powerhouse participating musicians include Sara Gold, Doug Gorkoff, Marina Hasselberg, Alanna Ho, John Kastelic, Molly MacKinnon, The Memory Palace, Daniela O’Fee, Emma Tomic, and Andrea Wong.
Here’s an example of the kind of thinking that went into the scores. The two students who worked with Ho called their piece A World of Pink Bubbles and describe it like this: “Centered around the idea of how everything is perfect inside a person’s imagination, A World of Pink Bubbles depicts a peaceful paradise amidst a faded, pale sky. The visual score is composed of several individual elements – fluffy clouds, musical note-shaped balloons, and translucent bubbles. A common trait between them is how they all suspend calmly in the air, with no troubles anywhere near to disturb the serene atmosphere. If only life in reality was as carefree and wonderful as our pastel pink dreams…”
On May 7, also at 11 am PDT and in the same viewing format, the lineup features Peki Hajdukovic, Hitori Tori, Viviane Houle, Constantine Katsiris, Jaewoo Lee, Jean Routhier, Paddy Ryan, Anju Singh, and Andrea Young.
More information is at the Vancouver New Music.
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