Catch up on what Tod Machover has been doing in Perth in this article from The Western Australian. He describes some of the unique nature sounds he has been hearing and talks about an ongoing workshop with school children who are using Hyperscore software to transcribe the sounds of their city into music. Although his …
A Toronto Symphony – The Journey Begins
How does one go about composing a symphony with the citizenry of an entire city? Composer Tod Machover and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are venturing into uncharted territory! To get going, they have conceived of the process as a Journey, with weekly activities to inspire participants to contribute raw material - stories, memories, ideas and …
Inspiration from…Star Wars Global Mash-Up
As Tod and the Opera of the Future team mull how to pull off the ambitious Symphony for the City of Toronto, someone sent us this insanely entertaining crowd-sourced remake of Star Wars. Fans around the world were asked to recreate scenes in 15-second increments, and the results were spliced together with the original soundtrack. …
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Opera of the Future 