Transforming Practice with Digital Scores: Developments and Challenges in a Transcontinental Residency

Robertson, Jaslyn; Moroz, Solomiya; Hope, Cat; Vear, Craig; Sanadzadeh, Iran; Svoboda, Helen; Sobek, Chloë

Abstract

This article examines how practice-based researchers in a transcontinental intensive residency transformed their practice and developed their skills through composing digital scores. Four researchers from an Australian university undertook an intensive residency in Hamburg, focused on creating and performing new digital scores. An analytical study of this residency was conducted, centred around each researcher's connection to the materials, experiences of flow, changes in digital musicianship and transformations. The study revealed both challenges and illuminating experiences for the researchers. Each composition went through significant changes during, before and after the transcontinental project, resulting in changes to the digital scores, directions for interpretation, and the researchers' established artistic practices. Exposure to new environments and facilities allowed them to develop fresh approaches to collaboration and technology. Engaging with digital scores led to new skills being developed and new collaborative projects with each other and international musicians. The intensive and transcontinental nature of the project resulted in significant developments to the skills and approaches of the four researchers.

Citation

Robertson, J., Moroz, S., Hope, C., Vear, C., Sanadzadeh, I., Svoboda, H., & Sobek, C. (2024). Transforming Practice with Digital Scores: Developments and Challenges in a Transcontinental Residency. Tempo, 78(309), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298224000044

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 11, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Aug 28, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-07
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 23, 2024
• Print ISSN: 0040-2982
• Electronic ISSN: 1478-2286
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 78
• Issue: 309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298224000044
• Keywords: digital musicianship, residency, australian composers, digital technology, practice-based research
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/33829489
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/article/abs/transforming-practice-with-digital-scores-developments-and-challenges-in-a-transcontinental-residency/AB5BE907EA18E77CB04911FF8FFEB44C