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Seeing Each Other Through Music (2025)

Ron Aviv
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Musical performance is not only an aesthetic endeavour, but also a captivating social environment. Hence, this research utilizes principles from social communication theory, mainly through Communicating (Berko et al., 2016), to explore new ways of highlighting and enhancing connections with and among music audiences. A starting point for this study is that most concerts nowadays are built in a similar style to public speaking but use some anachronistic views and inefficient communication methods, thus missing opportunities to convey a message more directly and achieve greater impact. Through literature study and practical experimentation, I will review and test the influence of different factors from interpersonal-communication style – elements that have not been documented and researched enough in this context. These include, among others, performer-audience eye contact, synchronized activity (based on entitativity studies), and vulnerability and openness. The experimental process will be limited to my own artistic practice as a classically trained pianist and free-improviser, and this focus is present in the gathered literature as well. As a qualitative study, the data analyzed is assembled from observations, feedback, and reflection. Results demonstrate how different social and communicational tools create varying levels of engagement, and how challenging the normative role of the listeners can create a more demanding experience yet with more fulfilling outcomes. A performance that really involves the audience enriches everyone, and I hope this paper can inspire new ideas for musicians and artists of any kind to explore this topic further, and to communicate better with the human environment around them.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsBeyond Discipline, improvisation, communication, Interaction, audience engagement, Audience participation, body language, socially engaged art
date05/03/2025
published15/05/2025
last modified15/05/2025
statuspublished
copyrightRon Aviv
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languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3178516/3460236
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3178516
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue1. Master Research Projects


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