Structures for Freedom: In-performance communication in Traditional musicians in Scotland
(2022)
author(s): Lori Watson
published in: Journal for Artistic Research
This exposition articulates tacit knowledge in processes associated with contemporary Traditional music practice in Scotland. Using a case study experiment and a series of workshop performances recorded in 2008, I examine the processes, communication and performance strengths of four leading Traditional and cross-genre creative musicians. In particular, examples of in-performance communication and collaboration emerge.
Action vs. Reaction
(2020)
author(s): Jacob Anderskov
published in: Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen
"Action versus Reaction - Artistic encounters with an aesthetic otherness", was a research project undertaken at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen in 2015-2016. The primary artistic output of the project is the album ”Resonance”, released on Sundance Music in September 2016.
My ensemble Resonance (previously known as ” Strings, Percussion & Piano”) consists of 3 string players as well as Peter Bruun on drums and myself on piano. The string players all have a background in European classical music and (composed) new music, whereas Peter and I originally came out of improvised music, jazz and its neighbouring regions. In this ensemble, we have been dealing with artistic encounters between our different aesthetics backgrounds for several years. I have realized that my primary curiosity orbits around the questions:
1) How can all members of a cross-genre ensemble stay true to their own musical intuition, developed through decades of full immersion?
2) How can these confident artists then transcend their notion of themselves and meet anew in an aesthetic field different from their respective origins?
In 2018, Jacob Anderskov was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Price for the album Resonance.
