NFO/ GEMAK Residency

David Pocknee
Orchestral Works

NFO Technologies Used: New Fordist Orchestra Technique

As part of the residency at GEMAK, the New Fordist Organization created a total of seven orchestral compositions, two which were created live at the exhibition opening as an accompaniment to the New Fordist Choreography.

All works were created in under thirty minutes, using the New Fordist Orchestral Composing Technique, the 01062013 series of five pieces were all created in one day.

Photo courtesy of Hannah Dawn Henderson

01062013d for Orchestra
01062013b for Orchestra
01062013c for Orchestra
01062013e for Orchestra
01062013a for Orchestra

Score Of 01062013d for Orchestra

Photo courtesy of Hannah Dawn Henderson

New Fordist Orchestral Composition

Authors: David Pocknee; Jeremiah Runnels

New Fordist Orchestral Composing is a process whereby a MIDI controller is used to create orchestral works.

The controller manipulates the live synthesized MIDI sound of an orchestra. Each slider, button or knob controls a different musical parameter.

As the synthesized version of the piece is heard and manipulated, the program simultaneously notates all the sounds heard and records the synthesized MIDI sounds.

When the piece is finished, the notation file is then rendered as a .xml or lilypond file and cleaned up in a music notation program, before being exported as a .pdf.

The New Fordist Organization GEMAK residency was supported by GEMAK and a Stroom PRO Kunstprojecten Grant.