Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensembles (CORE) - Round 2: 2021-2023

Project Blog | Project Updates | Stephen McAdams | November 1, 2021

Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensembles (CORE)

Round 2: 2021-2023

A new round of the CORE project is now in motion at the Haute école de musique de Genève, McGill University, Université de Montréal, University of British Columbia, and University of Toronto. The aim of these ensembles is to give composers and performers ample time to explore the orchestrational possibilities of the ensemble and to collaboratively imagine and solve orchestrational challenges specific to the collection of instruments. The ensemble for this round in 2021–2022 is a septet comprised of flute, bass clarinet, trombone, vibraphone plus hand-held percussion, piano, violin, and cello. Concerts and recording sessions are planned for Spring 2022. A special pilot project with this septet plus live digital sound processing and spatialization will be conducted in 2022–2023 by the University of California, San Diego. Martha de Francisco and Ying-Ying Zhang from McGill University will visit UCSD in January 2022 to work on the optimal microphone placement for both acoustic and mixed music ensembles.