With Winds (for soprano t-stick)

Andrew Stewart

Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2011
• Location: Oslo, Norway
• PDF link

Abstract:

Program notes: The t-sticks grew out of a collaborative project by Joseph Malloch and composer D. Andrew Stewart, at McGill University. The first prototype was completed in 2006. The t-sticks form a family of tubular digital musical instruments, ranging in length from 0.6 metres (soprano) to 1.2 metres (tenor). They have been designed and constructed to allow a large variety of unique interaction techniques. As a result, a significant emphasis is placed on the gestural vocabulary required to manipulate and manoeuvre the instrument. The musical experience for both the performer and audience is characterised by a unique engagement between performer body and instrument. About the performers: D. Andrew Stewart (Hexagram-MATRALAB, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada): composer, pianist, clarinettist and digital musical instrumentalist. Stewart has been working in the field of music composition since 1994. Since 2000, he has been pursuing a career in live electronics -- gesture-controlled -- performance, after developing his own sensor-suit.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime2011-music-Stewart2011,
 abstract = {Program notes: The t-sticks grew out of a collaborative project by Joseph Malloch and composer D. Andrew Stewart, at McGill University. The first prototype was completed in 2006. The t-sticks form a family of tubular digital musical instruments, ranging in length from 0.6 metres (soprano) to 1.2 metres (tenor). They have been designed and constructed to allow a large variety of unique interaction techniques. As a result, a significant emphasis is placed on the gestural vocabulary required to manipulate and manoeuvre the instrument. The musical experience for both the performer and audience is characterised by a unique engagement between performer body and instrument.

About the performers: D. Andrew Stewart (Hexagram-MATRALAB, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada): composer, pianist, clarinettist and digital musical instrumentalist. Stewart has been working in the field of music composition since 1994.  Since 2000, he has been pursuing a career in live electronics -- gesture-controlled -- performance, after developing his own sensor-suit.},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Andrew Stewart},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 editor = {Kjell Tore Innervik and Ivar Frounberg},
 month = {June},
 publisher = {Norwegian Academy of Music},
 title = {With Winds (for soprano t-stick)},
 url = {https://vimeo.com/28226070},
 year = {2011}
}