PLAY - New Music for Video Game Controllers and House of Bedlam

Schedule

Tue Nov 05 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

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International Anthony Burgess Foundation | Manchester, EN

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Join House of Bedlam to hear an eye-opening range of music that cuts across genre to explore themes of identity, collaboration and play
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PLAY - New Music for Video Game Controllers and House of Bedlam

Practice. Precision. Play.

These words could describe a performance in the concert hall or in an online game. Yet, the two worlds are rarely understood to be related. This concert, and the project which led to it, asks: what happens when video game controllers are turned into expressive musical instruments? To find out, five composers joined forces with renowned experimental ensemble House of Bedlam to create an eye-opening range of music that cuts across genre to explore themes of control, identity, collaboration and – of course – play. Join us to explore new instruments, musical directions and never-before-heard soundworlds.


The event is hosted by composer Carol J Jones and the programme includes:


Cassie Kinoshidreams as vivid in my eyes as orchids for flute and video game controllers (2024)*


Robert LaidlowSpeedrun for cello and video game controller (2024)*


Sarah HenniesGrowing Block (2019) for mixed ensemble (2019)


Bofan Ma – new work for flute and video game controller (2024)*


Ellen SargenHIVE for saxophone and video game controller (2024)*


*Commissioned for PLAY


Supported by The Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford, PRiSM (the centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music at the Royal Northern College of Music), and Jesus College, University of Oxford


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