Networked Music Composition and Performance
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Zagorac, Slavko. 2024. Networked Music Composition and Performance. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis]
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This thesis investigates the potential of computer networks to transform existing music-making relationships within the context of contemporary music composition and performance practice. It consists of two primary components: the development of the ZScore networked music-making environment and a portfolio of compositions written specifically for the ZScore system. The technical capabilities of the system and creative compositional intentions have been evaluated through a series of workshops and performances with musicians and live audiences. This study provides detailed information on the project’s technical and creative objectives, their implementation, and research outcomes.
ZScore is a collection of third-party and newly developed components aiming to provide solutions for complex notation authoring, the reliable distribution of interactive score representations to heterogeneous clients over a computer network, precise performance scheduling, and the rendering of dynamic stave-based scores. Furthermore, it aims to facilitate distributed decision-making agency for all participants and provide immersive audience participation through mobile device connectivity. The specifications of the ZScore system have been derived from an analysis of existing networked notation systems and state-of-the-art solutions from other industries where high-throughput, low latency systems have been successfully deployed.
The accompanying composition portfolio outlines the journey towards a new paradigm of music-making, starting from a traditional static score that is fully defined by a composer and faithfully performed by musicians, and concluding with an interactive networked composition model that provides music-making agency to all participants. The compositional approach deploys an interplay between objective and subjective metamodern methods and explores the entire spectrum between fully composed and freely improvised music. Each composition in the portfolio addresses a set of new challenges, both technical and aesthetic. The composition commentary provides insight into the specific challenges for each score, the strategies employed to address related issues, and the outcomes of the applied solutions.
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Thesis (Doctoral) |
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music composition, computer network, performance system, distributed decision-making |
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31 July 2024 |
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37482 |
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16 Aug 2024 15:15 |
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16 Aug 2024 15:16 |
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