This artistic research is an exploration of space as a composition parameter. It aims to facilitate the integration of space into the process of musical composition, and to contribute to the emergence of innovative scenic devices.
The composition of a choral work will allow us to explore options for setting the choir, the instrumentalists, the conductor, and the public to motion. We will establish a typology of scenic devices aimed at composers. We will suggest a suitable vocabulary (inspired by theatre, circus, dance) to describe these devices. The development of specific gestures allowing the conductor to communicate on the spatial parameter, and the establishment of graphic conventions for noting down movements onto the score will complete this aspect of the research.
The methodology will include creation (compositions), information gathering (interviews), and collective experimentation (laboratories and workshops conducted at the Conservatoire). Composition students will be invited to compose short pieces after the workshops.
We seek to redefine the listening conditions, to question the modes of scenic representation, and to promote the emergence of new, more immersive, possibly participatory, hybrid forms, by assigning a fluid role to the public.The elaboration of works composed specifically for given places and acoustics can enhance remarkable sites. Music, nature and heritage will come together in a particularly meaningful way in the wake of this artistic research. The final results of the research will be communicated during a conference-concert. Later on, short compositions will be finalized and performed, taking these findings into account.