A Composer-in-Residence Project at Meekatharra School of the Air, Western Australia
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https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v10i2.454Abstract
The 'Composition over the Airwaves' project aimed to provide musical opportunities for childrenin remote areas in collaboration with a composer. The project aimed to explore ways of enabling children disadvantaged by their remote settings to work creatively using HF radio. The children wrote and performed several pieces in a variety of improvisatory and interpretative styles. The compositions used as their impetus the remoteness of the children and required that their works be a reflection of the environment in which they lived. The project was completed during the 1999 academic school year. An important outcome was the constructive expression, collaboration and social interaction that resulted from the two residential camps not usual to the children. An unexpected outcome was the collaboration with the Art specialist at Meekatharra School of the Air who enabled the graphic scores to become tactile.
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