The McGill Association of Student Composers (MASC) invites students, faculty and the general public to our second Forum on Contemporary Music. Please note that this event is also part of the 2015-16 McGill Doctoral Colloquium Lecture Series.
JOHN REA, 'Reorchestration: 'drag and drop it is not''
"This talk addresses subjects related to composition, not that least of which is: What does it mean to reorchestrate, to re-score, a work especially when it is not your own? It then moves to my experiences with transcription, arrangement, orchestration, and reorchestration itself. A brief discussion of a conceptual metaphor – ‘source-to-target’ mapping – precedes a look at J.S. Bach’s strategies with regard to his own work on Vivaldi. Finally the talk focuses on my rendering of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, op.7 in 1992-95, and my most recent project, premiered last March, on Berg’s Drei Orchesterstücke, op.6. Concluding remarks deal with the issue of authenticity, among other things."
