Composition strategies for the creation of science-based interdisciplinary and collaborative music theatre

这个以实践为基础的博士学位将研究策略和作曲技巧，可以用来有效地通过音乐剧和歌剧传达抽象的想法。作为视听跨学科的艺术形式，它们是向普通观众传递知识和表达形式的优秀媒体。该项目将调查1950年以来将科学和艺术以及非自然主义和概念戏剧和歌剧联系起来的现有歌剧作品。我将运用约翰·凯奇和他的追随者在他们的音乐中使用的观念艺术思想，罗伯特·勒佩奇开发的设计技术，以及詹妮弗·沃尔什最近的“新学科”所陈述的合作和混合媒体思想来作曲，以便创造出在舞台上呈现清晰概念的表演。这个项目的创造性方法将包括编写和制作一套关于最近科学发展的新的小型歌剧。这个领域不断产生新想法，抽象概念，可以从所有艺术形式的组合中受益。这与主流歌剧的保守性形成鲜明对比，主流歌剧主要通过唱歌来呈现自然主义的故事。因此，我将发展构图和设计策略，以一种吸引人的方式将科学抽象概念转化并呈现给观众。表演以及参与当前关于科学与艺术之间联系的辩论将始终包括对项目的批判性评估。

This practice-based PhD will research strategies and compositional techniques that can be used to effectively deliver abstract ideas through music theatre and opera. Being audio-visual interdisciplinary art forms, they are excellent media to deliver knowledge and in an expressive format to a general audience.The project will investigate existing opera productions linking science and art and non-naturalistic and conceptual theatre and opera from 1950 onwards. I will apply conceptual art ideas used by John Cage and his followers in their music, the devising techniques developed by Robert LePage, and the most recent collaborative and mixed media ideas stated by Jennifer Walshe's "New Discipline" to composition, in order to create performances that present clear concepts onstage.The creative methodology of this project will consist of writing and producing a set of new small-scale operas about recent developments in science. This field is a constant generator of new ideas, abstract concepts that can benefit from a combination of all art forms to be delivered. This contrasts with the conservative nature of mainstream opera, which mainly presents naturalistic stories through singing. Thus, I will develop composition and devising strategies to transform and present the scientific abstract concepts in an engaging manner for the audience. The performances as well as the participation in the current debate of the link between science and arts will always include critical evaluation for the project.