On Sunday, April 13, the Interactive Media Design students from The New England Institute of Art perform with the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in Hopkin, to kickoff the Orchestra's Marathon week
United States of America (Press Release) March 28, 2008 --
The students are part of a unique class called Interactive Performance led by composer Chris Florio. Students come to the class having already been trained in audio, video, animation, design and programming. Florio created the class to give the students an opportunity to use these talents in live performance situations. Each semester, students in the class create a new performance piece using the skills that they bring to the class. This semester they will be working for the first time with a live orchestra.
Florio has collaborated numerous times with Dr. Peter Cokkinias, the musical director of the Metrowest Symphony. When the two discussed the performance class over coffee this past spring, Dr. Cokkinias invited Florio and his students to collaborate on a concert with the MSO.
The second half of the April 13 concert will feature pieces by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bach, Mussorgsky and Holst, as well as a new work composed by Florio. For each piece the students will create an interactive visual performance. “Students who normally listen to hip-hop and electronica are learning classical repertoire and how to read an orchestral score so that they can create tightly integrated visuals that fit to spirit of the music,” says Florio.
They are reprogramming Nintendo Wii game controllers to fly spaceships during Holst's “The Planets” and to launch fireworks during "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky. “The students have created some video and animation in advance of the concert but much of it will be created in real-time using software such as Adobe After Effects, Flash and Arkaos VJ. We will be bringing a small arsenal of computers and hardware to Hopkinton."
The first half of the concert features a Piano Concerto performed by Ronald Kmiec, a concert pianist and marathon runner.
The Marathon Kickoff Week concert will be held Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 3 pm at Hopkinton High School Auditorium, 90 Hayden Street, Hopkinton, MA. Tickets are $15 for Adults, $6 for Students and Seniors and there is no charge for children under 12. For more information visit: http://www.metrowestsymphony.org/
The New England Institute of Art Institute is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu) a system of over 40 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
Florio has collaborated numerous times with Dr. Peter Cokkinias, the musical director of the Metrowest Symphony. When the two discussed the performance class over coffee this past spring, Dr. Cokkinias invited Florio and his students to collaborate on a concert with the MSO.
The second half of the April 13 concert will feature pieces by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bach, Mussorgsky and Holst, as well as a new work composed by Florio. For each piece the students will create an interactive visual performance. “Students who normally listen to hip-hop and electronica are learning classical repertoire and how to read an orchestral score so that they can create tightly integrated visuals that fit to spirit of the music,” says Florio.
They are reprogramming Nintendo Wii game controllers to fly spaceships during Holst's “The Planets” and to launch fireworks during "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky. “The students have created some video and animation in advance of the concert but much of it will be created in real-time using software such as Adobe After Effects, Flash and Arkaos VJ. We will be bringing a small arsenal of computers and hardware to Hopkinton."
The first half of the concert features a Piano Concerto performed by Ronald Kmiec, a concert pianist and marathon runner.
The Marathon Kickoff Week concert will be held Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 3 pm at Hopkinton High School Auditorium, 90 Hayden Street, Hopkinton, MA. Tickets are $15 for Adults, $6 for Students and Seniors and there is no charge for children under 12. For more information visit: http://www.metrowestsymphony.org/
The New England Institute of Art Institute is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu) a system of over 40 education institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.
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