One of the core ideas in Hyperscore, the composing software developed by Tod Machover's team at the M.I.T. Media Lab, is that music is built from "motifs" - small melodies and rhythm patterns - which are assembled into larger musical structures. In this video, Tod coaches a groups of children in Armenia and the U.S. as …
Opera for All (video)
Tod Machover on Opera for All - from the Chicago Opera Theater Elementary school kids chose to delve into "Death and the Powers" - they really ran with the idea of what a legacy is. A great way to bring young people into the experience of what an opera is.
Opera of the Future 