Dan Stearn's article on instruments

http://www.egroups.com/message/tuning/15849

I found the Nicholas Collins article on electronic instruments very
interesting, particularly this section:

>Like the nightclubs of the 1980s, a concert
hall could be built not as a single "optimum" space, but as a sequence
of acoustically and electronically linked rooms, each with its own
character and social function. One space might cater to focused
listening and direct visual contact with the players (as in a
traditional concert hall), while another might present the music at an
ambient or even subliminal sound level. More active listeners could
interact directly with the music in "remix rooms", by adjusting
loudness, mix, and balance to suit individual taste, or wander through
a labyrinth of corridors and small rooms that would acoustically
transform the music more with every stage.

It reminded me of the concert of electronic music up at Columbia U.
last Summer as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Some great
"classics" of electronic music were presented (Lansky's great piece
based on highway traffic..._Night Traffic_, and the old favorites...
Stockhausen _Gesange der Jungelinge_ and Varese's _Poeme
Electronique--) in a traditional concert space...

BUT.. there was also a "back room" with *interactive* computer pieces
where audience members could participate. Unfortunately, it was a
bit crowded back there... so it was hard for people to do too much in
the limited time available (it was in the intermissions between the
more traditional concert electronic pieces), but certainly along the
same lines as mentioned in this article...

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Joseph Pehrson