Summary: To expand concert content and accessibility by creating smart phone apps that supply real-time context about live performances.
Winner: The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Amount: $150,000
About the project: To expand concert content and accessibility, The Philadelphia Orchestra Association will create smart phone apps that supply real-time context about live performances. Over the next two years, a group of graduate and undergraduate students will be assigned to design iNotes with real-time synchrony, pre- and post-concert education, interaction and technical resolution of concert hall networking content for designated performances. A series of trials and tests on live performances and the supply of 1,000 iPods for patron use will ensure that the new service will successfully increase the audience’s knowledge of and appreciation for classical music.
Project Web site: http://music.ece.drexel.edu/research/drexelcast
About the winner: Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through over a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. The orchestra’s mission is to bring the world’s greatest music to diverse audiences in the Philadelphia region and around the world, recognizing that music brings great joy and profound meaning into the lives of its listeners. Last year The Philadelphia Orchestra named Yannick Nézet-Séguin its music director designate, becoming only the eighth music director in the orchestra’s illustrious history. The orchestra is widely acclaimed for its robust Philadelphia Sound and it remains committed to reaching out to and engaging local, national and international audiences.
Web site: http://www.philorch.org/
