Vancouver New Music releases largest One-Page Score Project to date
The latest edition features 20 new pieces by 20 professional musicians and 42 University Transition Program students
Anju Singh created a musical piece based on this graphic notation by two students from VSB’s 2020-21 University Transition Program.
Ever since Vancouver New Music (VNM) launched its One-Page Score Project, the series has been consistently growing and evolving. Since adapting the exciting workshop-presentation program to an online version, the organization has invited community members from Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast as well as Emily Carr University students to take part.
Now, in its fifth online edition, VNM is breaking boundaries with its most ambitious release yet.
For the new One-Page Score Project, Giorgio Magnanensi worked with 20 musicians and 42 high-school students enrolled in the Vancouver School Board’s University Transition Program (in partnership with the University of British Columbia) to create 20 all-new graphic scores.
In graphic notation, images, signs, and symbols can be used to represent sounds, sonic textures, and various kinds of musical events. Using graphic notation, composers don’t need any prior knowledge of how to write or read traditional musical notation—just a desire to create and explore sound.
Guided by Magnanensi, students learned about and experimented with graphic notation, sound, composition, gesture, and figure, then worked in groups to create their own One-Page Scores.
For the final workshop session, each student group was paired with a professional musician, who created sonic interpretations of the students’ scores. Each sound artist contributed their unique instrumentation and musical style.
The musicians are Adrian Avendaño, Sara Gold, Doug Gorkoff, Peki Hajdukovic, Marina Hasselberg, Hitori Tori, Alanna Ho, Viviane Houle, John Kastelic, Constantine Katsiris, Jaewoo Lee, Molly MacKinnon, The Memory Palace, Daniela O’Fee, Jean Routhier, Paddy Ryan, Anju Singh, Emma Tomic, Andrea Wong, and Andrea Young.
The final creations from each session will be premiered online as live premieres in two sessions: April 30 and May 7 at 11AM PDT. Everyone is invited to tune in and take part in a live chat.
The One-Page Scores will premiere on Vancouver New Music’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/VancouverNewMusic
For more information, see here.
Musician Peki Hajdukovic composed a piece called yves eyes based on this graphic score by two University Transition Program students through Vancouver New Music’s One-Page Score Project.
This post was sponsored by Vancouver New Music.