Application of Optimization and Simulation to Musical Composition that Emerges Dynamically during Ensemble Singing Performance
This addresses the challenge of creating emotionally authentic musical compositions for ensemble singers, though it appears incremental in applying existing optimization and simulation techniques to a new artistic domain.
The paper tackles the problem of composing for ensemble singing by introducing 'reality opera,' where emotions emerge dynamically from singer interactions and reactions to a narrative, and demonstrates its feasibility through performance and behavioral analysis.
This paper presents and tests a new approach to composing for ensemble singing performance: reality opera. In the performance of such a composition, emotions of the singers are real and emerge as a consequence of their interactions and reaction and to a dynamic narrative. This paper gives background and motivation for the form, based on three key concepts, incorporating the use of technology. Then proposed techniques for creating reality opera are instantiated in an example, which is performed and a behavioral analysis done of performer reactions, leading to support for the feasibility of the reality opera concept.