10.26180/5e28d9758c502
Cat Hope
Cat
Hope
Musk
Monash University
2020
animated notation
australian music
large ensemble
new music
experiemental music
indeterminacy
Music Composition
2020-01-22 23:23:31
Composition
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/composition/Musk/11687022
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<p></p><p><sub>On this page you will find the score materials, previous recordings, reviews, program notes and performance instruction for:<br><br></sub></p><p><b>Musk (2019)</b></p><p>for large ensemble.</p><p>Commissioned by HMFT, Hamburg.<br><br></p><p>The work is designed for a large group perfprmance, and consits of 12 parts. The first performance featured 144 musicians spread along the Elb Tunnel, Hamburg.</p><p><br></p><p>You will need the Decibel ScorePlayer to perform this work (see below)<br><br></p><p><b>PROGRAM NOTE</b></p><p><br></p><p>This piece imagines a comparison
between the Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg,
Germany and the more recent Elon Musk
tunnel experiments in Los Angeles, USA.
As the Elbe tunnel was intended in 1911,
the proposed Musk tunnel system is
designed to send cars underground to
travel in tunnels, but to avoid the 'chaos
above'. Musk's dedicated tunnel making
company, The Boring Company, created
the first tunnel in late 2018, and tested it
with Musk's Telsa electric cars. The
tunnels are oddly both connected to
cinema – the Elbe tunnel was featured in
the 1970s film ‘The Odessa File’ and
Musk’s first tunnel is named 'Godot'. The
piece ruminates on these comparisons,
and begins in the middle of the tunnel,
exploring how sound can travel in
directions different to those for which it
was designed.
</p><p><sub><br></sub></p><p><sub><i><b>NOTE FOR PERFORMERS</b></i><br>The majority of my compositions use scores that are read on an iPad tablet computer, using the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851">Decibel ScorePlayer</a>, an application available on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851">App Store </a>. Any fixed media is embedded in the score, and some feature automated functions. In the case of ensemble works, multiple iPads can be networked on a LAN or over the Internet so parts can be read in a synchronised way. You should upload the score file (ending with.dsz) to your iPad from your computer via <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204144">AirDrop</a> on an Apple, or cable from a PC. Instructions on how to do this and using the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851">Decibel ScorePlayer</a>, more generally are included in the <a href="Decibel ScorePlayer">Application,</a> which ships with five other scores.</sub></p><p><sub> </sub></p><p><sub>Thus my works have different versions of the score, as you may see above. A PDF/PNG file of the score ‘image’, a DSZ file to upload onto the iPad for performance, and for some less complex scores, a video version. Hardcopies are also available from my <a href="http://materialpress.com/hope.htm">publisher.</a> You can find out more about the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/decibel-scoreplayer/id622591851">Decibel ScorePlayer</a>, and how to make your own scores for it, <a href="https://decibelnewmusic.com/decibel-scoreplayer/">here.</a></sub></p><p><br></p><p><b><i>PERFORMANCE</i></b></p><p><br>The world premiere performance took place on the 25th of May 2019 as part of the "SYMPHONIE IM ST. PAULI ELBTUNNEL" project coordinated by the Hochschule fur Musik and Theatre (HMFT) Hamburg, Germany and featured in a program alongside works by Alvin Curran, Dong Zhou, Benjamin Won, James Cheung and Shing-Kwei Tzeng.</p><p><br></p>
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