About the project
This project investigates when and how performers' and audience members' bodies act together during classical music concerts. Music performances bring bodies into different relationships, and we study coordination across performance roles and musical arrangements.
RITMO has teamed up with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra to develop a unique set of concerts during the 2023 and 2024 Lydo concert series. These performances focus on how young people engage with classical music. RITMO's researchers collect data during the concerts and show some data-capturing methods and analyses live on stage.
Methodology
We use state-of-the-art technologies to capture body activity from musicians and audience members. The video below shows some of these technologies in action.
We are interested in:
- Body motion, which we capture using video, accelerometers, or motion capture suits.
- Heart activity and breathing, which we capture using electrocardiography (ECG) and breathing belts.
- Visual attention and cognitive effort, which we capture using gaze tracking and pupillometry (measurement of pupil diameter).
- Concert experiences, which we tap into using questionnaires and interviews.
Partners
LYDO is developed by Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with Equinor's talent development programme, Morgendagens Helter. The aim is to stimulate interest in the sciences through music and is targeted at children in grades 5-10 in elementary school.