{"id":4729,"date":"2015-09-08T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/performingartsnews\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2016-04-20T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T20:53:45","slug":"domestictranquility-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/performingartsnews\/2015\/09\/08\/domestictranquility-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Notes – Domestic Tranquility"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beyond<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond the Notes<\/em>: Temple Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Presents a free screening of<\/div>\n

Domestic Tranquility<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Visual Music by
\nMaurice Wright<\/strong><\/div>\n

Wednesday, September 23, 2015
\nNoon to 1:00 P.M.
\nPaley Library Lecture Hall<\/p>\n

Dr. Maurice Wright<\/a>, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Music Composition at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, created the animation and music which make up Domestic Tranquility<\/i>. The film’s visual elements were built using POV-Ray<\/em>, a free, open-source ray tracing software. But don’t let me impress you too much with the details; Wright’s work offers\u00a0a commentary on politics and the mass media that is as accessible as it is thought-provoking.<\/p>\n

\"DThotelroom\"<\/a>\"DTtunnel\"<\/a>
\nThe concept for Domestic Tranquility<\/i> can be traced back years before the project became a reality. According to Wright, the premise of this and other works was to implement a \u201cvisual dimension to an electronic music concert.\u201d In creating the film, he sought to \u201cfit the image to the music,\u201d a diametrical opposition to the standard practice in contemporary film production. As a result, the music is the dramatic focal point, evoking moods and invoking gestures in the absence of dialogue.
\nThroughout Domestic Tranquility<\/i>, Wright incorporates live action visual elements into a primarily animated world. While this ultimately familiar atmosphere highlights the inescapable presence of the mass media in our daily lives, the mundane subsequently becomes questionable, almost obnoxious. How does Wright achieve such a penetrating commentary? As you watch the film, listen for ordinary, real-world sounds \u2014 a lawnmower, a bird, the white noise of a television set \u2014 and think about how they are embraced or suppressed by Wright\u2019s music. You may begin to relate to the film\u2019s reclusive protagonist, a man whose awareness is betrayed by his only link to the outside world: television.<\/p>\n

Andrew Unger<\/em> is the graduate assistant for the Noontime Concert Series at Temple University. He is a candidate for the MM in Music History at the Boyer College of Music, and appears as a horn player with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony. Reach out to him at andrewungerhorn@gmail.com.<\/b><\/p>\n

Learn More:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Wright’s Philadelphia Orchestra commission: https:\/\/www.philorch.org\/press-room\/news\/yannick-n%C3%A9zet-s%C3%A9guin-and-philadelphia-orchestra-announce-2015-2016-season#\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Wissahickon Scenes<\/em> Interview with David Patrick Stearns:\u00a0http:\/\/wrti.org\/post\/composer-maurice-wright#stream\/0<\/a><\/p>\n

Octet<\/em> with the Philadlephia Chamber Music Society:\u00a0http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2014-11-19\/entertainment\/56313182_1_alan-abel-percussion-drum<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to Dr. Wright’s Music:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Music of Maurice Wright” \u00a0http:\/\/www.dramonline.org\/albums\/music-of-maurice-wright<\/a><\/div>\n
includes Suite for Piano, Chamber Symphony, Night Watch, Sonata II<\/div>\n

Live recording of\u00a0Galatea_Reset<\/a><\/p>\n

“Music for Trombones:”\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xC0v_UMXdSg<\/a><\/p>\n

“Darwiniana,” a Network for New Music Commission:\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ni2jSvAUgAU<\/a><\/p>\n

Short film, “Light-Color Play:”\u00a0http:\/\/vimeo.com\/18440331<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Temple University’s Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Funding Program helps support Beyond the Notes<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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