Place/Dates: CIANT Prague / Czech Republic, April 9, 2010

Description:

ResoNations Panel Videoconference

An international videoconference on the groundbreaking international telematic music concert for peace “ResoNations”. Panelists made presentations on the “ResoNations” concert and the ongoing project. Performance highlights were shown. Local and online international audiences participated in discussions. Access was mainly via AccessGrid.

ResoNations was an international telematic music concert for peace November 21, 2009 12:30am GMT performed by twenty-six renowned musicians in five international locations: United Nations Headquarters in New York, University of California San Diego, The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, Queens University Belfast, and Dongguk University in Seoul with support from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Telematic music is real-time performance via the internet by musicians in different geographic locations. Four new contemporary music works for peace were performed by the composite ensemble: Hope’s Dream by Mark Dresser and Sarah Weaver, Disparate Bodies by Pedro Rebelo, Rock, Paper, Scissors by Chris Chafe, and Green-colored Harmony by Jun Kim. The performance took place on high-bandwidth internet with JackTrip audio software developed by Chris Chafe and Access Grid video software developed at Argonne National Laboratory. There were audiences in each location and a worldwide webcast.

Objective:

Videoconference on the groundbreaking international telematic music concert for peace.

Results:

Production of videoconference, attendance of a concert via the network.

Products (if appropriate):

All communication was done via Facebook, CIANT newsletter, e-mail announcement and CIANT main website.

Target group: General public.

Number of participants/visitors/audience (if appropriate):

• Local 10.

• Hard to estimate global attendance via the Internet.