Search for dissertations about: "experimental music"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words experimental music.
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1. Monsters I Love : On Multivocal Arts
Abstract : Proposing a ‘multivocal practice’ in the vocal arts, this exposition (documented artistic research project) embodies an inclusive approach to four core categories for the contemporary performance voice: the singing, speaking, extended and disembodied voice. The culmination of a four-year PhD project in the Performative and mediated practices, with specializations in choreography/film and media/opera /performing arts, it documents artistic research sub-projects through the presentation of multimedia material, interweaving performance recordings with reflection and informative threads. READ MORE
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2. Never Heard Before: A Musical Exploration of Organ Voicing
Abstract : This study describes the role of organ sounds in musical performance and exa- mines the visions and artistic perspectives of the voicer, who creates the sounds, and the organist, who uses them in performance. Organ pipe sounds are shaped in a process of gradual transformation called voicing, to suit the practice of musical performance, and they influence that practice in significant ways. READ MORE
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3. Narrative music : towards an understanding of musical narrative functions in multimedia
Abstract : As the computer screen is replacing the book as the dominant medium for communication (Kress, 2003), questions about how meaning is constituted by the multimodal interaction of different media (including music) is becoming increasingly important in contemporary research of pedagogy, sociology and media studies. The overall aim with this licentiate thesis is to explore musical narrative functions as they appear in multimedia such as film and computer games. READ MORE
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4. Improvisation, Computers, and Interaction : Rethinking Human-Computer Interaction Through Music
Abstract : Interaction is an integral part of all music. Interaction is part of listening, of playing, of composing and even of thinking about music. READ MORE
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5. Transforming Performance : An inquiry into the emotional processes of a classical pianist
Abstract : This artistic research PhD project challenges classical music performance culture through a series of experimental collaborative projects. My particular interest lies in how this culture shapes the psychological experience of performance from the perspective of the individual musician. READ MORE