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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: TLRH | Compositional Considerations: Integrating Ethnic Instruments into Western Art Music Ensembles
Description: Monday, 8 February 2021, 10 – 11am
A research presentation by Meg Collins Stoop (Department of Music) as part of the School of Creative Arts Research Forum (SCARF) in association with Trinity Long Room Hub.
Abstract:
As a PhD researcher at Trinity College, I composed eight works which incorporate seven different ethnic instruments into ensembles with western art music instruments. Research, that was both academic and experiential, revealed three things to consider when composing for such ensembles: the different manners of notation and learning music in non-western art music genres, alternate tuning systems, and the original contexts of the instrument. In this presentation, I wi...