Laptop Orchestra Concert
Power, C(h)ords and Keyboards
The RCM Laptop Orchestra finally gave its official debut concert today to a very enthusiastic mixture of family, friends, staff and composition students. The programme included,
- Solo electronics & guitar work by Tim Yates
- Consonance and Consequence for Viola D’amore + Strings and Laptop Orchestra
- Saxophone & electronics “Dysmoprhic” by David Rafferty
- Drones for Laptop Orchestra by Tim Yates
- Fractals by James Lill
The concert was recorded for sound and video and a video will be uploaded soon! As the RCM Laptop Orchestra has been a personal project of mine over the past year it was a great end to the year and we’ve learned a great deal about the specific difficulties and opportunities an ensemble like this can offer. I will make a sister post to this one for details about my concert piece ‘Consonance and Consequence’ for Viola D’amore + strings and Laptop Orchestra which was premiered in this concert.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Combining acoustic instruments with electronic instruments was a particular challenge for this concert and the afternoon consisted of 5 hours of rehearsals on the various pieces. Special thanks to our guest conductor Daniel Saleeb who studies composition and conducting at the RCM.
Although I will be leaving the RCM at the end of this term, I know that the Laptop Orchestra will continue and I hope to stay involved in future activity of the ensemble! Come autumn this year I hope to be getting together a plan for PhD study in this area. More news to come.
