{"id":1518,"date":"2015-05-21T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/?page_id=1518"},"modified":"2022-10-01T08:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:17:52","slug":"quartweet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/quartweet\/","title":{"rendered":"#quartweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow_full-4f3ef5c0d0c5e5a45e27d5f99336c2be avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.6481647269%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow_full-4f3ef5c0d0c5e5a45e27d5f99336c2be__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3594 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3594\"  src=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title.jpeg\" width=\"1117\" height=\"320\" title='QUARTWEET cover page lush for website recropped Feb 2018 with title' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title.jpeg 1117w, https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title-300x86.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title-1030x295.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title-705x202.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/QUARTWEET-cover-page-lush-for-website-recropped-Feb-2018-with-title-450x129.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1518'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a name=\"description\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Project description<\/h4>\n<p>Music is all about communicating. Much of our everyday communication takes place on social media, and we would like to see musical communication here as well. We invite composers of all ages and abilities to tweet us a short quartet of\u00a0140 notes or less on Twitter\u2014a <span style=\"font-family: entypo-fontello; \">\ue8f1<\/span> #quartweet!<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of Bach and Webern, both unwitting quartweeters, we have already received #quartweets by Grawemeyer Award winners Sebastian Currier and Brett Dean, Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, Bruno Mantovani, Kevin Volans, Steven Mackey, Derek Bermel, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Julian Grant, Jing Jing Luo, Konstantia Gourzi and more. The first #quartweet was written by Matthijs van Dijk: #quartweet no.1 \u201cEine kleine Dubstep\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The project, founded by the Signum Quartet, was launched at a residency hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/princetonsymphony.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princeton Symphony Orchestra<\/a> in October 2015. A partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/music\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardiff University<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfokkens.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Fokkens<\/a> followed in 2016: workshops with student and scholar composers are essential part of the project. We regularly include #quartweets in our concerts and broadcast them on social media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4r2Mkhylq4p69rDgFNxb1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SignumQuartet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SignumQuartet<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af{\nheight:6px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_video  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video av-av_video-1225aeb60ec3dd35ebe5b1a4c17fa09a avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/youtu.be\/WfZ-F7EvfOU'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WfZ-F7EvfOU?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><span style=\"font-family: entypo-fontello; \">\ue8f1<\/span> #quartweet no. 1 #EineKleineDubstep<br \/>\nvon Matthijs van Dijk<\/h5>\n<p>138 Noten<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-bd84104f09c397338597807ab31c6aca hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a name=\"sharingYourScore\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Ideas on sharing your score<\/h4>\n<p>You can do this by uploading your score to any filesharing platform, dropbox, google drive, etc. and tweeting us the link. We would also really appreciate a brief tweeted description (programme tweet) of the piece &#8211; in 140 characters or less, of course! If you could give us a note-count, that would be great too!<\/p>\n<p>Please note that we need to be able to download files for printing, so please adjust the document settings accordingly.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a name=\"countingNotes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How do we define\/count &#8220;notes&#8221;?<\/h4>\n<p>Here are some guidelines to help you get started. These are by no means set in stone: We welcome an engagement with the &#8220;rules&#8221; and welcome questions or suggestions. Our special thanks go to Sebastian Currier at the IAS for his help with these. \u00a0The total note count across all four voices should not exceed 140 notes.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEach notehead counts as a note. The total note count across all four voices should not exceed 140 notes.<\/strong><br \/>\nExamples:\u00a01 notehead with a tremolo\/ unmeasured repetition\/ ricochet marking counts as 1 note.<br \/>\nAn unmeasured tremolo between two notes counts the number of noteheads used.<br \/>\n1 notehead with a glissando marking spanning various pitches counts as 1 note.<br \/>\nDouble-stops\/ chords are counted as the number of pitches contained therein<\/p>\n<p>Exceptions:<br \/>\nMultiple noteheads tied together without a new articulation count as 1 note.<br \/>\nArtificial harmonics with two noteheads but one sounding pitch count as 1 note.<\/p>\n<p>Repeat marks:<br \/>\nAre allowed to the extent that the total number of actual notes played does not exceed 140<br \/>\nSimile marks:<br \/>\nWill count as the notes they are replacing.<br \/>\nOrnaments:<br \/>\nSigns (trills, mordents, turns) will not be counted. Grace notes will be counted, as these technically count as noteheads.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Performance directions, time signatures, tempo markings, dynamics, articulation etc. will not be counted. Rests will not be counted either. Only the notes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_two_fifth  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLtQKtYRxrKSXzjlex2K16_umFSaZFfV_n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_fifth-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af{\nheight:6px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-2a96ace76b2b15a3eb0ec13b23bc62af hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLtQKtYRxrKSXzjlex2K16_umFSaZFfV_n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: entypo-fontello; \">\ue8f1<\/span> #quartweet playlist on Youtube<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=(quartweet%20OR%20quartweets)&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: entypo-fontello; \">\ue8f1<\/span> #quartweets on Twitter<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-5ea7596238ed9f191e6b5e662093052f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a name=\"qa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Q&amp;A with Xandi van Dijk of the Signum Quartet and Marc Uys of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (May 2015)<\/h4>\n<p><em>1. What is a #quartweet?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: The premise is simple &#8211; music is all about communication, and as so much of our communicating happens via social media, we would like to see musical communication take place there as well, so we invite composers from all walks to tweet us a short quartet of 140 notes or less on Twitter: A #quartweet!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n2. What was the genesis of the project, and what are the ideas behind it?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: The #quartweet project grew out of an idea of having a &#8220;sampler album&#8221; of really short pieces by as many composers and in as many different styles as possible, and certainly not only in the language of &#8220;Western classical music&#8221;. This idea later gave rise to a further component of having composers comment on or even extend each others&#8217; pieces, with a possible outcome being something akin to an open-source composition &#8211; a meta-quartweet! I don&#8217;t know how realistic a meta-quartweet is, but having many styles and many languages is something I&#8217;m really excited about pursuing, and maybe the meta-idea will evolve.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n3. What are the aims of the project?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: This is a multi-faceted project, and I like to think of it as a microcosm of that which we enjoy doing as a quartet and of which we would like to do more: Play new compositions by composers we know as well as get to know many new composers from across the globe. Workshops with student composers at universities and conservatoires as well as elementary, middle and high schools will also be an essential part of the #quartweet project.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to see composers in creative engagement with a new and evolving form. Ultimately we hope to see the @SignumQuartet #quartweet platform develop to a place where musicians can connect and communicate with each other and dialogue with each others&#8217; works. And by no means are these new quartweets meant solely for the Signum Quartet! I\u2019d like to see our Twitter page become a place where musicians and other ensembles or quartets can look for interesting new, short pieces to include in their programmes or for composers who might interest them.<\/p>\n<p>That having been said, the Signum Quartet will start including a constantly varying selection of quartweets in our concert programmes as well as regularly broadcasting on Periscope and posting our favourites on our YouTube channel, and hope that others do the same!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n4. Why are you giving this project a home on Twitter?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: Social media is at the centre of a change in how we communicate with each other, and we wanted to extend this experiment in communication to the realm of music and to compositions for quartet in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The string quartet is the most comprehensible genre of instrumental music,&#8221; wrote Goethe to C.F. Zelter in 1829. &#8220;One hears four intelligent people conversing with one another, believes one might learn something from their discourse&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Now, anyone who has been anywhere near Twitter knows that it is sadly not always about intelligent people conversing with each other! Anyone who has written a tweet also knows that one needs to express oneself in a different way, in a more concise way. This in turn has had an effect (for better or for worse) on how we communicate. We see the quartweet not only as a new way of communicating musically but as a composition exercise in concision.<\/p>\n<p>Another important aspect of Twitter is its lightness and informality, something with which to counteract the unfair and often untrue perception of the string quartet genre being bogged down by the weight of the greats and their monumental compositions. I love these monumental compositions, I love playing them and listening to them and feel that humankind can still profit a lot from them, but this is NOT the only and certainly not the de facto approach to the string quartet!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n5. Are there any precedents of four-part compositions of 140 notes or less?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: Yes! There are three Bach Chorales: Nos 6, 42 and 130 from the collection of 371 Chorale Harmonisations. Nine of the 12 Microludes op. 13 by Kurt\u00e1g and all of Webern&#8217;s 6 Bagatelles for string quartet are also under 140 notes. No doubt there are more!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n6. How did the Princeton Symphony Orchestra come to be involved?<br \/>\n<\/em>Xandi: My good friend Marc Uys is Executive Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO). We know each other from our studies in Cape Town, and we both went on to play in the Sontonga Quartet in South Africa from 2002-2006. I told Marc about the idea. He was immediately taken by it and came up with the wonderful plan of inviting a number of composers who have had a premiere or an association with the PSO to write a #quartweet in celebration of the PSO\u2019s 35th Anniversary Season (2015-16). This would mean an opportunity to launch the project as part of the PSO\u2019s Chamber Series, and take advantage of the strong community ties the PSO has.<\/p>\n<p>Marc: This is an ideal sort of project for the PSO to get behind, as it allows us to connect many facets of our programming and present them on one stage. In launching the #quartweet project, we will strengthen our associations with several community partners and include a major educational component involving cutting edge technology. And, we\u2019ll be presenting a top-class chamber concert with direct connections to our main-stage subscription series. All this, plus seven world premieres by PSO composer friends and a massive online presence. That is what you may call a win, win, win, situation!<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n7. Which composers are involved so far?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: The first person I asked was my brother Matthijs van Dijk, who replied almost instantaneously with his \u201cEine kleine Dubstep\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Marc: We are delighted to have this opportunity to showcase, all at the same time, an extraordinary group of composers who are featured on our 15\/16 or earlier seasons. To date, we have received commitments to contribute a #quartweet from Sebastian Currier (Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced Study), Steven Mackey (Chair of Department of Music, Princeton University), Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Julian Grant, Derek Bermel (former Artist-in-Residence at the Institute) and Jing Jing Luo, who will have a residency with us later in the season as part of the League of American Orchestras\u2019 and New Music USA\u2019s Music Alive: New Partnerships. This will be a great way to \u2018Tweet\u2019 about and promote her stay with the PSO!<\/p>\n<p>Xandi: Bruno Mantovani will write us a 10 second #quartweet &#8211; we&#8217;ll be premiering his (full-sized) Third Quartet at the Paris Quartet Biennale in January 2016. Konstantia Gourzi will also be writing us one.<br \/>\nWe have been speaking to Rob Fokkens, another good friend, at Cardiff University since the inception of the project, and are very excited to be partnering with him and the University.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n8. What does the education side of the project look like?<br \/>\n<\/em>Marc: As part of a residency program with the PSO\u2019s BRAVO! program, Signum Quartet will be bringing the #quartweet project to the Lawrence Township School District, working with third graders at the Township\u2019s four elementary schools on short compositions. We\u2019ll conduct a workshop with the kids and their teacher, Daniel Beal, to notate their #quartweets on iPads, tweet them, and even perform them! An assembly performance will be given by Signum Quartet for students during school that Wednesday, and a special preview concert including a few elementary school #quartweets will take place at Lawrence High School that Thursday evening, October 1, at 7 pm. We will select one student #quartweet for inclusion in the project\u2019s world-launch concert which will take place at <strong>4:30pm on Sunday, October 4<\/strong>, <strong>at the Institute for Advanced Study\u2019s Wolfensohn Hall in Princeton, NJ. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The concert will be streamed live through the Princeton Symphony Orchestra\u2019s website: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/princetonsymphony.org\/\"><em>princetonsymphony.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Xandi: Our partnership with the University of Cardiff will include some time spent at the University, and prior to that YouTube tutorials, where we would not only perform quartweets by student composers but give a mini-masterclass on selected quartweets as well.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n9. How do you define or count &#8220;notes&#8221;?<\/em><br \/>\nXandi: Without becoming too technical, our rule of thumb has been that each notehead counts as a note. A notable exception is if multiple noteheads are tied together without a new articulation &#8211; this counts as 1 note. Performance directions, time signatures, tempo markings, dynamics, articulation etc. will not be counted. Rests will not be counted either. Only the notes.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n10. How we are accommodating the listening habits (and dwindling attention spans) of today?<\/em><br \/>\nMatthijs van Dijk, composer of #quartweet no. 1, sums up the situation:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the whole, people nowadays have a shorter attention span than even 5 years ago, with the smartphone revolution in full swing, diverting everyone&#8217;s attention with apps and shiny lights. As a composer, I feel that one needs to take this into consideration when creating a new work. Although it is very tempting to emulate the great symphonists of old, I find that audiences often don&#8217;t have the patience to sit through a work of a certain length (myself included, and I am a huge Mahler fan&#8230;). Therefore, if I write a piece I would consider a &#8220;larger&#8221; work I tend to keep it to about 20 minutes &#8211; the length of a sitcom episode (without commercial breaks), a size everyone has gotten used to. This having been said, I was involved in writing scripts for a series and one of the lessons I took from this experience was how, as a viewer, if one sees a video clip of longer than 5 minutes, one almost considers it as an &#8220;investment&#8221; of one&#8217;s time and must be really committed to viewing it, whereas one wouldn&#8217;t really blink an eye at watching something around 3 minutes and less. (Same applies with articles online: if not written in list form or bite-sized chunks one will often find someone has written &#8220;TL;DR&#8221; [&#8220;Too Long; Didn&#8217;t Read&#8221;] in the comment section below.) Although there is still a place in the concert hall for the &#8220;epic&#8221; work, I think if one wants to get the attention of a new listener, something shorter can do a lot more good than harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3243,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518\/revisions\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}