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  Empowering audiences with a musical instrument (last edited: 2023) author(s): Rafaele Andrade archived in: KC Research Portal
  A case study of instrument design: redefining musicianship by new practices In the search for the unification of music practice and creativity, I design a cello format based on important values of the XXI century, such as Shareability, Customization, Autonomy and Integration. I use this tool to discover a new way of practicing music and redefining musicianship. For its evaluation, I test its 2021 release producing artworks involving collaborators and interactive concerts. This is a transdisciplinary case study between instrument design, composition and performance.
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• Look again (last edited: 2023) author(s): Inês de Avena Braga, Claudio Ribeiro connected to: KC Research Portal This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
  It goes without saying that engaging with the ethos of early music demands a considerable amount of continuous research on the practices of the past, as most aspects of performance are not written in the score, and the understanding and usage of signs and other written indications have changed considerably over time. As curious musicians, research is not only a source of inspiration and innovation in our work but also a source of constant questioning and strengthening of our musical practices. Questions such as “is this actually true?” and “can I really say/do that?” are recurring, and, although these are not always fully or definitively answerable, we find it important to keep asking, going back to the sources and answering over and over again. In this research, as part of the 2021 Lectorate ‘Music, Education and Society’ of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, we will look again at well-known Italian sources and search for new sources of information on performance practice of music written in Italy in the first half of the 18th century (music methods, instructional writings and evidences in repertoire), without imposing our current practice on it, but being open to what these sources may say that is in shock with what we usually do or take for granted. What can we (re)learn about the performance practice of late 17th- and early 18th-century Italian music by going back to the sources? Our conclusions and inconclusions will hopefully stimulate a review of today’s performance practice and renew approaches on the research of performance practice.
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  Sound spatialization in live electronic music (last edited: 2023) author(s): Ji Youn Kang connected to: KC Research Portal This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
  This research, ‘Sound spatialization in live electronic music’, focuses on sound spatialization methodologies in live electronic music where challenges are posed in creating spatial gestures during live performance. The aim is to investigate those challenges by looking into my previous experiences with various multichannel systems, and to develop and experiment with software and hardware tools. The result of this research will be newly composed pieces with two different multichannel systems that contain a creative suggestion for dealing with sound spatialization.
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  Hearing Geoelectric (last edited: 2023) author(s): Raviv Ganchrow connected to: KC Research Portal This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
  Geological minerals (such as copper, quartz and mica) are embedded in audio circuits and conversely geological processes are teeming with electrical activity. Power grids and Integrated circuits could be described as important waypoints in the domestication of lightning. Advanced methods of geo-sensing and globally coordinated sensor networks are currently plumbing Earth attributes by way of its signals: By way of electrical transduction (vibrations converted into electrical fluctuations) or by directly tapping into ground conductivity (telluric current monitoring and geoelectrical methods). Our growing awareness of earthly variations in voltage manifest a complex intertwining of the geologic, the electric and the technic. What are the terrestrial contexts of audio circuits and conversely what electrical circuitry is at work in geology? What does Earth's circuitry sound like? How can such geoelectric hearing redress the binaries of 'natural' and 'technical' in particular with respect to recordings overt mimetic properties? This research aims to develop non-standard tools for environmental voltage acquisition while looking into historical contexts of geoelectrical methods as a means of bridging the geological dimensions in electronic audio towards contemporary modes of environmental listening and hearing.
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• Adapting symphony orchestra to the organ - an investigation of transcriptional methods (last edited: 2022) author(s): Hongyu Yao archived in: KC Research Portal
  A symphony orchestra is made up of many different instruments with different color, each of which has a different tone and plays a different role in the orchestra. The characterized of organ is a wide range of sounds and colorful stops. Mozart called the organ is the king of the instrument because it is rich in sound and is called a symphony which only has one person. Can the organ be used to play the orchestra music?
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• Learning Pods (last edited: 2022) author(s): Susan Williams, Felix Schlarmann connected to: KC Research Portal This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
  One of the most powerful and effective sources of learning for music students is the other students: learning from and with each other. Peer learning occurs in every conservatoire but usually informally. The aim of the design of the learning pods was to enhance motivation: specifically autonomy (students formulate their own goals and strategies), competence (learning outcomes facilitated by structured framework, creative methods and reflective documentation) and relatedness (it is done by and for groups of students who share their outcomes with other groups). In this research two semi-structured learning groups (pods) were formed that were steered and assessed by the students themselves. One pod focused on performance preparation and the other on creative collaboration. Students were coached on how to formulate goals and give and receive feedback in a respectful way and were required to document their process. Data was collected through questionnaires, logbooks, workshop session video recordings, as well as performance video recordings (in the case of the creative pod). Results found that both pods had a positive effect on motivation (autonomy, competence and relatedness) and confidence.
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