My brother Paul, whose musical abilities were first nurtured in the Guilford County Public Schools and the Eastern Music Festival, will debut a live performance of his all-digital Fauxharmonic Orchestra with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.
From the Baltimore Sun (you may recognize Paul's "baton" as a Wii controller in the pic):
The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra's next program will let audiences hear the premiere of a new work for strings performed both by live musicians and a digitally created ensemble. The wryly named Fauxharmonic Orchestra uses digital versions of musical notes to replicate conventional instruments, a technology that may have applications in the future for bringing nearly real orchestral music to out-of-the-way places.
"It's not a question of 'Can you tell the difference, and what do you like better?' We'd win that," says the BCO's music director Markand Thakar. "People like human beings better. At least we hope so."
Paul Henry Smith, the Boston-based creator and "conductor" of the Fauxharmonic Orchestra, says that "the goal is not to fool anyone, but to see what sort of musical experience can emerge."
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Listen to the Fauxharmonic Orchestra here.
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