tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88632070640230941242012-02-16T17:08:31.578-08:00Luminescence Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694857625526512873noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8863207064023094124.post-47826826024177502752007-06-24T14:20:00.000-07:002007-06-24T14:38:00.582-07:00<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">On June 30, 2007 an audience of choral conductors, singers, scholars and patrons convened at the Festival 500 Choral Symposium held at Memorial University, St. John's, NL, CA for a presentation titled "Multi-Sensory Choral Music" given by Mark Doerries. The paper discussed the use of visual elements, particularly colored light, in the compositions of Schoenberg, Scriabin, Thomas Wilfred and Wassily Kandinsky as a means to rediscover the cultural relevancy of classical choral music. A multi-sensory choral production in the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival titled </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Luminescence: Experiments in Visual Acoustics</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> was examined as a model for holistic and interdisciplinary approaches to performing classical music. Musicians voiced their opinions regarding extra-musical elements in the classical music concert environment in the discussion that followed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">If you were present at the Festival 500 Choral Symposium please share your thoughts here!</span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8863207064023094124-4782682602417750275?l=luminescenceproject.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Luminescence Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694857625526512873noreply@blogger.com1