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Alternative venues for computer music: SoundGallery_Living Room_ARTSHIP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2005

MARGARET ANNE SCHEDEL
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003, USA E-mail: gem@schedel.net

Abstract

The audience for contemporary classical music is small – the audience for computer music is even smaller. Traditional concert halls are failing to generate interest in new instrumental music, much less computer music, while museums are having much more success with new art, including art with a technological component. By marketing our music to art galleries and museums, we can reach an audience predisposed to accept the new and unusual in artistic expression. Presenting the works of music outside a traditional proscenium setting also helps shatter any a priori definitions of ‘music’ audiences may hold. Using the term ‘Sound Art’ instead of ‘music’ may also help to free people struggling to appreciate unfamiliar sounds.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2004

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