I’ll be at LonCon3 (Pt 3) Music
Music Composition & the Fantastic
Friday 11:00 – 12:00, Capital Suite 13 (ExCeL)
On the day of the Symphonic concert, panelists discuss musical composition, with an eye on the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. What makes the sound of the future, and other elements of the stories of the fantastic? What are the technical aspects? What are the characteristic examples and creators?
Isabella van Elferen (M), Sarah Ash, Katie Lynn Daniels , Gary Lloyd, Ada Palmer
Music as (Universal) Communication
Sunday 11:00 – 12:00, Capital Suite 5 (ExCeL)
Panellists discuss music and communication. Could it be the basis for a universal language, given its mathematical basis, centrality to most human cultures and psychology and use by many other species? Why first contact might be via music (Close Encounters). Music on space-probes…
Sarah Ash (M) , Jack William Bell, Tim Griffin , Kevin McVeigh, Isabella van Elferen
