“Conductor Eimear Noone and composer Craig Stuart Garfinkle imagine a future where anyone can make music and collaborate on songs with friends all over the world with the help of virtual reality,” writes Willie Clark on Sunday (3/27) at Vice.com. “The first phase of this ambitious project, Muso-VR, is Conductrix, A View from the Podium … a series of 3D and virtual reality conducting tutorials…. Noone—who started the Dublin International Game Music Festival, was the principal conductor for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, and a regular conductor at Skywalker Ranch…. Garfinkle is an Emmy nominated composer and music producer whose credits include The Office, The Sopranos, Balder’s Gate, and Fallout.… The concept for Conductrix came from Noone’s constant touring, where she met people all over the world who studied music before moving into other fields, but still held a love for conducting…. Conductrix will include tutorials on basic beat patterns and gestures; how to communicate articulations, cuing, dynamics, and tempo changes; and other tools and information…. The pair imagines a future where they hold Conductrix competitions in the lobby before shows, with the winner joining the orchestra on-stage to conduct live, similar to what Video Games Live concerts do now with Guitar Hero.”
Posted March 30, 2016
“Conductrix” photo by Isabel Thomas
