Music for a Gathered Mass
Tonight, I led Carleton's Contemporary Music Ensemble in a test of my recent aleatoric composition experiment; I wanted to do this before I start trying to formalize its elements into something larger. The fundamental concept is simple, but evaluating and dictating the controls is something more difficult - it must remain performable for a non-
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I kind of like the idea of using it as warm up - I found it to be a bit of a bonding experience with everyone else in the group. Even though I'd never played music with these people before, doing the experiment at the beginning of the class made it much easier to feel like part of the group. But for the record, I understand your concerns, and it's definitely something to think about a bit more before giving it the go-ahead.
I'll definitely try and make it back next thursday (if no one minds, that is!).
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