Trumpet players (40) needed in Paris

pss

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Interesting! I can't read French, however, but I can tell that it looks like fun!

@administrator
Yes it looks fun and...strange!
The trumpet players will be scattered along Republic Avenue in Aubervilliers (suburb of Paris) to play « together » (how is it possible if they are scattered along the avenue? Good luck to the Director if any) Trumpet City a composition of Craigh Shepard.
Currently no further explanations or information on the site.

pss

It will probably be more something of a happening than a concert. Voltrane, do you remember Urban Sax ? (I don't know if they're still active)

Kehaulani

@Voltrane said in Trumpet players (40) needed in Paris:

@administrator
(how is it possible if they are scattered along the avenue?

You obviously haven't heard some of these French Fanfare bands.

SSmith1226

From the web site: https://www.onfoot.org/
A couple of the melodies are written on this site as is a sound cloud recording.

Trumpet City
Trumpet City is a 60 minute live-installation of 18 or more trumpets performing outdoors in a public space.

The work is made up of four 15-minute sections, which may flow one into the next. Each section contains a single melody made up of long tones perforated by silence. The melody starts in the low range of the trumpet, blending with the drone of traffic noise common to many cities. Over the course of the hour, the trumpets rise out of this drone.
Each performer reads from the same part, playing it at his or her own individual tempo. Parallel to these melodies, each trumpet also places loud, short calls throughout the hour.First melody from Trumpet City:

The range within which a single trumpet can be heard is about 200 meters, depending on the acoustic properties of the site. The performers are positioned about 50 meters apart, and each player can hear about eight other trumpets-four on each side. This creates an interlocking chain of nine-trumpet "chamber ensembles". In this way, each player is at the same time (1) a soloist, (2) a part of this chamber ensemble, and (3) part of the total sound of the piece.

Any given passerby hears the trumpet closest to him or her, the polyphony of the chamber ensemble as well as the hum of the combined sound. As the pitch level rises, the ensemble becomes louder, and the combined total sound becomes more present. The piece starts when one player at the end of the line begins to play. The next player starts when he can hear the first player.

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