An Ear Opening Experience! 耳目一新！伯克利专家讲座进校园 -唯寻国际教育

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Throughout the past, music had always been ineffaceable and acted as a main role of delivering ideology as well as expressing emotions. With the development of time, music also evolved as we step into the future. The integration of digital technology and art has already become the main trend of artistic development in the 21st century.

纵观过往，音乐作为传递思想和表达情感的主要方式之一，一直有着不可磨灭的地位。音乐也随着时间而进化和演变，数字技术与艺术的融合已经成为21世纪艺术发展的主要趋势。

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We are honored to have Dr. Richard Boulanger, Electronic Music Pioneer and Master Composer, Producer, Distinguished professor from Berklee College of Music EPD (Electronic Production and Design), to give us a lecture of ‘Future Directions in Sound, Music, and Audio Art' this week.

Dr. Boulanger used to study classical music, but then started to investigate electronic music later on. Strong of his experience of over 40 years of research and application in electro-acoustic music, he vividly demonstrated how music would sound like in the future: unrestrained and vigorous.

At the start of the lecture, we were all dazzled by the intricacy of the sophisticated setup of the equipment, such as the innumerable cables that connects the interfaces. Dr. Boulanger was standing on the stage, rotating and twisting the gamepad-like EDI (Electronic Digital Instrument) that controls the tone, rhythm, and all elements of the mysterious sounds of the ticktocking ‘water drops’. He demonstrated how this complex equipment could create fascinating sounds, and how each and every sound interact with one another, which exploits a new way of audio art and a new way to compose music.

We were also amazed to discover how these interfaces can allow a kinesthetic way of composing and performing music: the piece “for violin and body” was very impressive. So was the “brain waves interface”!

After this “ear opening” conference, some students particularly interested in composition were given a workshop.

During the workshop session, Dr. Boulanger exhibited his research findings and taught us how the applications such as Spear, Cecilia, Csound, and Audacity contribute to the production of (present!) and future music. His rich experiences assisted our exploration of music, his passionate and fun presentation reflected his love for music and invited us along to enjoy audio art.

Dr. Richard Boulanger’s lecture demonstrated the significance of innovation and creativity in music, and as students we benefited a lot from his workshop. The quality of Dr Boulanger’s feedback on our composition, the dynamism of his presentation, the novelty of the topic for us, made it a truly unique experience. We are grateful for it, and want to thank Dr Boulanger and his team, the Music & Movement department and SUIS Gubei to offer this opportunity to us.

The future of sound, music, and audio art, is UNLIMITED.

written by Jerry Shen 9MO

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本周，我们有幸邀请到伯克利音乐学院的Richard Boulanger博士莅临协和古北举办“声音、音乐与音频艺术的未来方向”的专业讲座。Boulanger博士曾学习古典音乐，毕业后致力于研究电子音乐40余年。凭借他对于电声音乐的研究和应用丰富的经验，他生动地展示了未来的音乐会是怎样的天马行空又充满活力。

讲座开始时，Boulanger博士站在台上，通过旋转和扭动类似游戏手柄的EDI（电子数字乐器）来控制所发出的声响。他演示了这些复杂的设备如何创造出迷人的声音，以及每一种声音之间如何相互交流和衬托。这是一种新的音频艺术，也是一种新的作曲方式。

在研讨会期间，Boulanger博士展示了他历年的的研究成果，并告诉我们诸如Spear、Csound和Audacity等应用程序如何用于未来的音乐创作。他丰富的从业经验拓宽了我们对音乐的探索，他充满激情的演讲展现了他对音乐的热爱，以及他如何享受音频艺术的多变性。

Richard Boulanger博士的演讲强调了音乐创新和创造力的重要性，我们作为学生受益非浅。就在不久的将来，我们将会步入一个全新的艺术时代。声音、音乐和音频艺术的未来发展方向必然是多元化的，无止境的。

本文作者：沈略 9MO