This exposition is a reflection on the created musical performance titled the HumanTree, that I presented in December 2019 as part of the Global Music Master program. The written text, audio and visual elements are all intended to have equal weight and contribute to deconstructing the project and creating greater understanding of the process and outcomes. The main focus of the project was on discovering my inner voice and expanding my artistic identity through working together in a multicultural group. The aim of this written reflection is to document and analyse the collaborative process, describe the philosophy that was behind the creation and expand knowledge about how creativity worked and how these insights can give a greater understanding for future collaborations. I, Roser Gabriel, was the project leader, facilitating the collaboration through the seven themes of the HumanTree.

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First of all I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everybody who accompanied and collaborated during this beautiful process of discovering the beauty of what can come if we work together. Thank you for your time caring, listening, believing and trusting this project and me.

My sincere thanks to Danielle Treacy for her countless, motivating and efficient support in this written reflection. My sincere thanks as well to Nathan Thomson for his inspiring work and personality as well for the guidance during all this journey through GLOMAS.

Special thanks to my brother for his patience and support along the last stages of this intricate writing.

I want to express my greatest grattitude to all the musicians, artists and supervisors involved. Enormous thanks to all the members of the team, Repkat Parhat, Tommi Blackroff, Essi Hirvonen, João Luís, Noora Arola, Zane Uitto, Prem Gurung, Neus Enrich, Michal Hoter, Daniel Villodas and Linda Ciesielski. Special thanks to my supervisors of the performance, Adriano Adewale, Carolina Adewale, Josue Moreno, Maria Kalaniemi and Timo Alakotila. Special thanks to Jordy Valderrama, for filming the performance. Thanks to Jukka Kolimaa for the lights and Jon-Patrik Kuhlefelt for the sound, as well as thanks to the Global Fest organizers.

Thanks to all my family. Special thanks to my dad for his amount of creative ideas. Special thanks to my mum for her sharings of meaningful stories about trees and humanity.

Special thanks to all the friends from Nepal, for welcoming me with such kindness and respect. Special thanks to Mr Nuchhe Bahadur Dangol

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Sibelius Academy and Finland. Thanks to all the teachers and fellow students with whom we crossed along the road.

Another big thanks is for Gillian Davis, from New Zealand, for her support on the english writting as well as her new seeds in this project.

Last but not the least, thanks to my love, with whom we planted the seeds of our love growing along with the HumanTree.

You are part of this colourful puzzle of different memories and stories, experiences and interactions that remark the essence of sharing and caring.

MIL GRÀCIES

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