Mixed Music Pedagogy from the Composer's Perspective (Remote)

Описание: Presented remotely by Mathieu Lacroix remotely on Day 2 of Teaching Composition: A Symposium on Music Composition Pedagogy (Dr. Linda Dusman and Dr. Jessica Rudman, directors) as part of the UMBC LiveWire Festival

Abstract:
In recent years, mixed music pedagogy has garnered more attention, but mainly from the
performance perspectives of the instrumentalist and RIM (Berweck, 2012; Ding, 2006; Enns
2017; Enns, 2018; Kimura, 1995; Kimura 2003; McNutt, 2003; Pestova, 2008; Pestova, 2018).
There has been relatively little presented on teaching the composition of mixed music.
Traditional curriculums tend to isolate instrumental and electroacoustic music, which might
not be conducive to thinking about combining these sound worlds.

This paper proposes a more general approach useful for composers and instrumentalists in a more realistic and conductive manner to collaborate between composers and performers.
Outside of institutional support, few composers will have the luxury of a RIM (Acosta, 2016).
The approach focuses on four aspects. Firstly, looking at historical examples of the
interaction between composers and performers (Alvarez, 1993; de Benedictis, 2018; Boutard, 2019). Secondly, an introduction to various technologies and their possibilities (Battier, 2003; Michaud & Bonardi, 2018). Thirdly, synchronization strategies and how they unite and confront the score, electronics, and performers (Lacroix, 2022). Fourthly, small projects of historical examples and new examples to work on together.

This author believes that a more holistic approach to mixed music is required for this music to thrive outside of academia. A more collaborative approach could also help musicians feel
more comfortable playing this music and sensitize composers to what they are asking
performers to accomplish. This paper can be seen as a further exploration, maturation and
discussion of what was discussed at the International Mixed Music Pedagogy Conference in
2018, which was so far the only conference of its kind.