The Performance of Agostino Di Scipio's Modes of Interference n.2: A Collaborative Balance

This paper offers a survey of my musical collaboration (2010-2013) with Italian composer Agostino Di Scipio on Modes of Interference n.2 (2006), for audio feedback system with saxophone and live-electronics, and builds on my PhD research on participative musical performance on mixed music for saxoph...

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Published in:Contemporary music review 2014-01, Vol.33 (1), p.46-58
Main Author: Bittencourt, Pedro S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audio Feedback System
Di Scipio
Di Scipio, Agostino
Electronics
Listening
Live-Electronics
Musical instruments
Musicians & conductors
Participative Musical Performance
Saxophone
Sound
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Summary:This paper offers a survey of my musical collaboration (2010-2013) with Italian composer Agostino Di Scipio on Modes of Interference n.2 (2006), for audio feedback system with saxophone and live-electronics, and builds on my PhD research on participative musical performance on mixed music for saxophones. Di Scipio composes a network of interactions: he does not compose the sounding structure itself of the piece, but rather a set of possibilities for a performer to experiment in sound. All the elements of the piece (such as the live-electronics equipment, the saxophone, and the environment) are mutually connected and influence each other. They constitute a dynamical system, as implemented by the composer. The saxophone is not expected only to produce a variety of noise materials, but also to act both as a control device and as a filter inside an audio feedback loop. This systemic approach requires from the player a new attitude towards the instrument, as well as new manners of listening to and reacting to the sound events emerging in the performance.
ISSN:0749-4467
1477-2256
DOI:10.1080/07494467.2014.906697