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On a bright,
late summer's day in Moncton, eight young people gathered to
put the final touches on Staying in Tune. They represented themselves
and the dozens of other students who had for months contributed
their ideas and enthusiasm to the exhibition. This unique project
would now conclude with an exciting experiment!
The meeting
place for this exercise was the Musée acadien de l'Université
de Moncton. Joya, Marlene, Patrick, Rym, Selma, Isabelle and
Rachelle had only recently arrived from points across Canada
and Tunisia, not really knowing what to expect. By the end of
the day, will have pleasantly surprised themselves with their
creation.
"Une
mélodie enregistrée" was born of improvisation,
and involved the use of audio software applications and a selection
of "virtual instruments" The "virtual instruments"
used can all be found in the Musical
Composition part of the exhibition: the gota, the jenbe,
the ampongabe, the guitar, the cymbalum, the trumpet, the tambura,
and the accordion. The lyrics, sung by the young composers,
are excerpts from poetic texts they had composed for the site.
The activity
was put together by Beverly Shean who worked on the project
as a Young Canada Works intern. Jean Surrette, a local musician,
and Chris Goguen, a sound engineer at Studio Staccato, helped
the group record the session and edited the result, which is
now available for all to hear.
audio
help
The piece
was composed using the following software:
Digital
Performer 2.6
Netscape Navigator 4.0 (with Flash)
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