Tag: PerformancePhilosophy
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The Score Is the Map, the Music the Terrain
A musical score is a map to a terrain that does not yet exist—and cannot, until performers bridge the chasm between symbol and sound. The conductor raises the baton; tension gathers in poised muscles as silence fractures… On the stand lies the meticulously notated score, yet the air bristles with a latent realization that these…