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====== Upcoming performances by McGill Digital Orchestra ======

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The [[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/musictech/DigitalOrchestra/|McGill Digital Orchestra]] will premiere two new works for digital musical instruments on Wednesday, March 5 in Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal. The works, //The Long And The Short Of It// by Heather Hindman, and //sounds between our minds// by D. Andrew Stewart, will be performed as part of the [[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/musimars/|MusiMars/MusiMarch]] contemporary music festival. Both pieces were supported by [[http://www.cirmmt.mcgill.ca/|CIRMMT]] Director's Interdisciplinary Excellence Prizes.

The two pieces will be performed by the same ensemble, consisting of cellist Erika Donald, pianist [[http://www.xeniapestova.com/|Xenia Pestova]], and percussionist Fernando Rocha; however the ensemble will primarily by playing new [[projects:interface_design|digital musical instruments]] developed and refined for the project.

The night before, Sean Ferguson's //Ex Asperis// will also be premiered as part of the festival. Developed using resources from both the digital orchestra project and research on [[http://www.idmil.org/projects/spatialization|Compositional Applications of Auditory Scene Synthesis in Concert Spaces Via Gestural Control]], the ensemble will consist of 12 players, solo cello, and live gesture-based spatialization. The cello and spatial effects will be performed by digital orchestra members Chloé Dominguez and Fernando Rocha, respectively.

The McGill Reporter ran a short [[http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/40/12/digital/|article]] about the project and upcoming performance.

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