Composers and their Creative Process - Luciano Berio

As one of the 20th century's 'big names', composer Luciano Berio's creative process will be of interest to many aspiring composers out there.

RILM (the people who do the music literature index that we subscribe to) have just blogged about Berio.

Read Luciano Berio's Creative Process here, now.

RILM's blog is regularly updated with interesting posts about different aspects of music old and new.  Find it here:- http://bibliolore.org/

Creative Productivity: When Less Really = More

This video was sent to me in an email yesterday -it's about creative productivity, and giving our brain a break to allow time for inspiration to seep in.  The presenter is Morgan Giddings,  a neuro-scientist with a company dedicated to creative productivity.

It's good.  It takes as long as a slow breakfast to watch it.  Recommended!

Have your cake and eat it too: what brain science tells us about productivity (the 105 hour lie)

Now, please excuse me - I'm off to take a break!  Less equals more ... less twirling, more creative productivity.

AHRC gets Passionate about Performance - Take a Look!

Passionate about Performance

Our friends up the road at Glasgow School of Art have kindly alerted us to this AHRC-funded project, the report of which was released on 1st October 2013.

 

There's a film to see on YouTube, too.

 

Take a look!

 

The results are being disseminated in a short new film, “Passionate about Performance,” which is released online today. Watch the film via the AHRC’s YouTube channel (opens in new window).

AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice