Determinacy, indeterminacy and collaboration in contemporary music-making
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Date
27/11/2018Author
Lloyd, Emma Jane
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Abstract
This thesis is structured around three key phases in the process of collaborative
music-making—composition, preparation, and performance—examining
the function of indeterminacy at each stage, and the way in which musical factors
are determined. At what point in the creative process a musical decision
is made, the path chosen, and critically, by whom the decision is taken, are
all explored in the context of a portfolio of pieces performed and recorded as
part of this practice-led research. The portfolio comprises recordings of projects
undertaken with composers, as well as pre-existing repertoire, and the written
commentary explores my creative role as a performer in relation to that of the
composers and the other performers I have worked with. Practical issues faced
in collaboration, practice, and performance are dealt with, as are questions of
musicality, and the notion of success in musical performance.