Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer conducts a masterclass in Mairiporã, Brazil exploring natural soundscapes mixed with instrumentation and the effects of noise on our psyche. R. Murray Schafer leads a group of musicians and educators through his…
This article provides a live account of R. Murray Schafer’s performance of Music for Wilderness, which took place in Bancroft Ontario. This article analyzes how performing this piece in the natural wilderness is essential for the audience to fully…
In this article, W. Littler describes Schafer's reasoning for positioning the instrumentalists around the lake for their performance of Music for Wilderness Lake He then explained why the piece needed to be played on a lake at dusk and dawn. He then…