ODESSA: Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space, and Acoustics
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ODESSA:
Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space, and Acoustics
Martha de Francisco, McGill University (sound recording - Tonmeister), Jean-François Rivest, University of Montréal (conductor), Caroline Traube, University of Montréal (musical acoustics and psychoacoustics), Malte Kob, Detmold University of Music (hall acoustics)
Description:
Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space, and Acoustics (ODESSA), An interdisciplinary symphonic recording for the study of orchestral sound, is a collaborative project between the Université de Montréal, McGill University, and the Detmold University of Music, realized in the context of the ACTOR partnership. With the aim to study orchestral blending effects, a joint music production and evaluation of an orchestral recording was realized at Salle Claude-Champagne on September 29-30, 2018, with the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM) under the direction of conductor Jean-Francois Rivest and Tonmeister Prof. Martha de Francisco, with a team of students from Detmold and Montreal realizing a multimicrophone recording, as well as acoustical research activities by Prof. Malte Kob. Prof. Rivest lead the student orchestra in a rehearsal session of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique”. Excerpts of the work were recorded in the full orchestral setting or in variable combinations of single instruments, partial or complete orchestral sections performing together, which illustrated timbre blending between the groups. The public presentation of the symphony was programmed on October 13th, 2018.