{"id":57,"date":"2015-05-11T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T07:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/?p=57"},"modified":"2015-05-21T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T13:59:09","slug":"water-inspired-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/2015\/05\/11\/water-inspired-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Water research inspires composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month sees the premiere of two new pieces, created through collaboration between scientists at the Universities of Bath and Bristol, and composers from the South West. These compositions were brought about by a new project, <a href=\"https:\/\/labnotesproject.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">lab notes<\/a>, which convenes science and music collaborative partnerships, bringing together research scientists and composers to develop new creative work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2015\/05\/lab-notes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2015\/05\/lab-notes.jpg\" alt=\"lab-notes\" width=\"1332\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2015\/05\/lab-notes.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2015\/05\/lab-notes-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2015\/05\/lab-notes-1024x835.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 31st, experimental group <a href=\"http:\/\/setensemble.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Set Ensemble<\/a> will perform the new compositions in the atmospheric surroundings of the old crypt at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">St George\u2019s<\/a> in Bristol. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.james-saunders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Saunders<\/a> (Bath Spa University) has been working with chemical engineers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/chem-eng\/people\/di-lorenzo\/\">Mirella Di Lorenzo<\/a> and Jon Chouler from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\">University of Bath<\/a> to explore the processes found in microbial fuel cells, devices that generate electricity from any sort of domestic, industrial or agricultural wastewater through the action of \u2018electrical\u2019 bacteria. James\u2019s piece, titled <em>different water environments<\/em>, models this process of electricity generation through the players\u2019 response to the sonic characteristics of waste audio, balancing their sound production against changes in quality of a shortwave radio signal<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Lash has collaborated with biogeochemist Kate Hendry from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bris.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Bristol<\/a> to make a piece that engages with palaeoclimate methodology, which uses indirect chemical records to understand the links between past oceans and climate. Dominic's piece explores the idea of indirect interpretation of data by having the musicians attempt to duplicate each other's activity in various ways, \u201csampling\u201d each other through various \u201cfilters\u201d. But any musical \u201coutput\u201d might serve as \u201cinput\u201d for another player, and so the plot thickens...<\/p>\n<p>The event will include performances of both pieces, prefaced by a short talk by each of the scientists. Doors open at 5.30pm for a 6pm start, tickets are \u00a33 on the door.\u00a0 The evening is sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/southwestcrucible.org\/south-west-crucible\/\" target=\"_blank\">South West Crucible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labnotesproject.wordpress.com\/projects\/microbial-fuel-cells\/\" target=\"_blank\">More information about the musical collaboration on microbial fuel cells<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month sees the premiere of two new pieces, created through collaboration between scientists at the Universities of Bath and Bristol, and composers from the South West. 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