Headline grabs for music: The development of the iPad score generator for `Loaded (NSFW)'

Cat Hope, Stuart James, and Aaron Wyatt

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper-demonstration provides an overview of an generative music score adapted for the iPad by the Decibel new music ensemble. The original score `Loaded (NSFW)' (2015) is by Western Australian composer Laura Jane Lowther, and is scored for ensemble and electronics, commissioned for a performance in April 2015 at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. It engages and develops the Decibel Score Player application, a score reader and generator for the iPad as a tool for displaying an interactive score that requires performers to react to news headlines through musical means. The paper will introduce the concept for the player, how it was developed, and how it was used in the premiere performance. The associated demonstration shows how the score appears on the iPads.

Citation:

Cat Hope, Stuart James, and Aaron Wyatt. 2016. Headline grabs for music: The development of the iPad score generator for `Loaded (NSFW)'. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176032

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Hope2016,
 abstract = {This paper-demonstration provides an overview of an generative
music score adapted for the iPad by the Decibel new music ensemble. The original
score `Loaded (NSFW)' (2015) is by Western Australian composer Laura
Jane Lowther, and is scored for ensemble and electronics, commissioned for a
performance in April 2015 at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. It engages
and develops the Decibel Score Player application, a score reader and generator
for the iPad as a tool for displaying an interactive score that requires
performers to react to news headlines through musical means. The paper will
introduce the concept for the player, how it was developed, and how it was used
in the premiere performance. The associated demonstration shows how the score
appears on the iPads. },
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Cat Hope and Stuart James and Aaron Wyatt},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176032},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {375--376},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Headline grabs for music: The development of the iPad score generator for `Loaded (NSFW)'},
 track = {Demonstrations},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0074.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}