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This spring, Vancouver New Music partnered with the the Vancouver School Board’s University Transition Program (in partnership with the University of British Columbia) to foster a collaboration between 42 students and 20 musicians. Guided by Magnanensi, students learned about and experiment with graphic notation, sound, composition, gesture and figure, then work in groups to create their own One-Page Scores. In graphic notation, images, signs and symbols can be used to represent sounds, sonic textures and various kinds of musical events. Using graphic notation, composers don’t need any prior knowledge of how to write or read traditional musical notation – just a desire to create and explore sound. Following this introduction, the students created pieces that explore entropy and order, incorporate data visualization, abstract expression, and themes ranging from family to sun cycles, chemistry, movement and sound and more. For the final workshop session each student group was paired with a professional musician who created a sonic interpretation of their scores, with each sound artist contributing their unique instrumentation and musical style. The final creations from each session premiered online two sessions on April 30th and May 7th at 11AM PDT. Everyone is invited to tune in and take part in a live chat. https://newmusic.org/one-page-score-p...