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I am considering adding a visual aspect to my recital. Maybe some pictures scrolling (a la desktop) or maybe even having someone from the art department here painting a picture while I play.

What do you think? Anyone ever done this? Is this idea just too crazy?

10-Q

cdo

SirCharls wrote:For those of you who may not have seen it on the ol' BBS...



I am considering adding a visual aspect to my recital. Maybe some pictures scrolling (a la desktop) or maybe even having someone from the art department here painting a picture while I play.

What do you think? Anyone ever done this? Is this idea just too crazy?

10-Q

cdo

I raffled a canned ham at a recital once. The ham was surely better than that recital. God, I hope no one recorded it!

I think this is a GREAT idea! Let's face it folks, the classical music firld is in trouble. ANYTHING we can do to make our audiences more interested in what we are doing is good. Best wishes!

Try and get in touch with Big Joe. He did a slide show while he played "Journey" during his recital last year. He might be able to help you out some. It's a wonderful idea you have. I wish you the best of luck.

How about using a computer to generate those mesmerizing "visualizations" from the sound as you play and then projecting it on a big screen for the audience to see? It would be like the modern version of the colored oils on the overhead projector that were used in old psychadelic concerts.

My thought would be this: do something that adds to the music, but doesn't distract the audience from what you're conveying with the music. New ideas are to be commended, but be careful and don't let your addition dominate the recital.

Just my $0.02

You didn't say how long until your recital, or if you would consider adding another piece, so apologies if this is off-base: Try a piece called "(sp?)Escher's Sketches." The composer puts music to some of the famous sketches of MC Escher(sp?), which are shown via film projector.
I heard Richard Perry play the piece, and it's pretty good. Good luck on your recital,
Gray Bach

In Skryabin's Prometheus he calls for a color projector in the score. During the piece he askes that colors be projected show different colors/tone colors and so forth. I think it would be fantastic to utilize more that one area of art in your recital. Hey, I go to Oberlin and using visuals during a recital is nothing out of the ordinary. Give a try, and play your *** off. Double the fun.

A little weird never hurt anybody!

I did a tuba quartet concert where we had enough foliage onstage to rival a jungle, not to mention the fruit and other random objects (chairs, table, etc.) and a guy reading a book.

During intermission we staged a tuba theft and chase seen . . . quite exciting!

Nothing beats a good Tubaween, though! Eh, Cory?

Seth

Fits right in with Wagner's gesamkunstwerk. The total art work.

a friend and I wrote a piece for hairy tubist(me), hairy pianist(him), and hair stylists.. it's yet to be performed, as neither of us has finished growing his instruments yet.