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Flutes, Voices and Maskenfreiheit: Traversing performative layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2011

Jean Penny
Jean Penny*
Affiliation:
5 Owen St, Kallista, Victoria, 3791, Australia
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E-mail: mjpenny@bigpond.net.au
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Abstract

Researching the inside story of music performance, the core of the performative act, is a journey of infinite discovery of self- and musical connection. Establishing the discourse for such an investigation can, indeed, present its challenges. Do we focus on fundamental research methodologies, strive to fit within empirical investigations, or search for new forms of articulation as we choose what to observe and share, and decide what meanings, presences, dialogues or ‘folding in of new substances’ (Schroeder and Rebelo 2009: 137) we wish to pursue in the quest for new understanding? In this paper I will focus on performance for flute with electronics, the influence of voice, and the play with Maskenfreiheit,1 as I investigate performative layers as they have emerged in my own performances of selected notated works. The influence of the electronics is integral to these encounters with extended acoustic instrument, the place of the performer's voice and the ambiguities of projection, through narrative and reflection.

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Organised Sound , Volume 16 , Issue 2: Performance Ecosystems , August 2011 , pp. 184 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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