Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Tech Trends and New Music Ensemble!

This is the second class I have taken where I was asked to post blogs.  When I did a blog for my previous class a couple of semesters ago I never understood why more professors don't use blogs! I think it's a great way to connect with your class and discuss different topics.

Since this is my first semester at NYU, I was not sure what to expect and how classes were going to run.  I feel like I have taken this tech class at a great time, since I am also playing in new music ensemble.  I go to new music ensemble right after teach class and I relate tech class to the ensemble. When the ensemble was deciding pieces to play for the concert Dr. Lamneck played us a couple of compositions and some of the works did work out for the ensemble, and some did not. I find it fascinating how these composers compose these pieces, while they use this amazing technology. I have always wondered what goes through composers head's while composing electronic music.   Dr. Lamneck handed us a copy of a score we are playing and it took me a couple of minutes to figure out how to read and understand the score.  Hearing Dr. Lamneck play this new music is really exciting for me especially since I did not do much with technology and music in my undergraduate classes.  I try to figure out how she takes the music apart and the score apart and what she is thinking about during the piece.  I feel these composers who compose this genre of music are absolutely amazing.

I will be perfectly honest and say I did not realize till I started these two classes how much technology has influenced music today.  I guess I never really sat down to think about it.  I feel like the creating of this using technology is amazing, and then when it's applied to a musician it all really comes together! 


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