Open Goldberg Variations director Robert Douglass, pianist Kimiko Ishizaka, and music notation company MuseScore have been invited to demonstrate a unique score-following technology at the Classical:NEXT conference in Munich at the end of May. In addition, Robert Douglass will be speaking on a panel discussing crowdfunding music projects.

This score-following technology, developed by SampleSumo and MuseScore, recognises the music as it is being performed and follows the score accordingly, allowing the audience to see every note being played. This development will, for the first time, bring the score to the forefront of the audience’s experience of a live concert.

The demonstration will consist of Kimiko Ishizaka playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, with all members of the conference following the score in real-time, on their own computers, phones, or tablets, thanks to MuseScore’s technology.

Robert Douglass, the founder and director of the Open Goldberg Variations project, will also be speaking on a panel discussing the crowd-funding of music projects. The aim of the Open Goldberg Variations project is to provide a new public domain recording and score of the Goldberg Variations for anybody to listen to, copy, and use, however they like. Over 400 fans donated money towards the project via the crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The Goldberg Variations recording, made by pianist Kimiko Ishizaka, will be available as a free download for everyone in the summer.

For more information on the Open Goldberg Variations Project, please visit: http://www.opengoldbergvariations.org/

For more information on MuseScore please visit: http://musescore.com

For more information on SampleSumo please visit: http://www.samplesumo.com/

For more information on the Classical:NEXT conference please visit: http://www.classicalnext.com/

(Written on March 20, 2012 )

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We would like to kick off the short week by introducing our new regular video feature: ‘Upbeat’.

We’ll be speaking to some of our clients and asking them quick and fun questions, giving you a little insight into their life and personality, as well as finding out a bit more about their musical tastes and background.

First up is Juliana Farha from Dilettante (www.dilettantemusic.com)…

(Written on April 6, 2010 )

We are very excited that Dilettante Music are featured on the latest episode of Click, the BBC’s technology programme, broadcasting an introduction to the site internationally via the BBC’s World News channel. The feature has been spotted by WildKat PR spies all over the globe, from Germany to Asia!

If you missed the feature it will be available online for 12 months, follow the link below and you’ll find Dilettante at 17 minutes 38 seconds.

Dilettante Music on BBC Click

(Written on March 29, 2010 )