INTERACTIVE MUSIC MAKING
AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
Welcome to CYBERMUSIC WORLD an interactive music making page,
that has been developed to enable a group of young Australian
composition students the opportunity to share their musical
creativeness with music students from around the globe.
I am also a keen jazz enthusiast and this is another musical
In 1995 a group of my students joined an international music
This initial project was one of the very first examples of
Since these early attempts at creating a cybermusic
This page is also an interactive music making page where
Via the exchnage of musical ideas between the partners in
The links provided, will enable you to visit our partners,
COMPOSITIONS FROM THE
The following compositions are the result of our
CHRISTINE is a piece than began with an idea by Christine, a
THE TECHNOCRAT was an attempt by Australian students to
MOJO is the result of a combined effort by a group of girls.
CRAX TO MAX is the final example of works created by students
COMPOSITIONS CREATED DURING 1996/97
MUNCHKIN was composed by Emma, a year eight student.It
BRAVI is the second composition of Verginia who was in
© 1997 michael.caesar@rka.com.au
senior music teacher at the bilingual Australian/French Lycee
"Telopea Park School" in Canberra, Australia. As a teacher I
am eager to share my experience as a composer with my
students and I encourage them to explore Information
Technology as a resource for their creative efforts.
experience I eagerly share with my students. This is why
I have included a special Jazz section within this page.
composition project. Students from Germany, Canada, Japan
and Australia were linked through the internet by Email
and by a slow process of encoding and decoding of midi files,
they were able to share their musical experiences and create
a number of original and truely international compositions.
The "cybermusic experience" had begun.
how the internet could be used as a working resource within
a school setting. At that time,(1995),it was at the cutting
edge of Information Technology and the learning process
within Australia. The initial project was the subject of a
publication which is now on the www.
classroom, our colleagues in Germany have developed an
easier method for exchanging midi files. This is via the
use of home pages similar to this one. As you will
discover during your visit, there are many examples of
completed cybermusic compositions available for you to
listen to. Simply click on the selected choice and listen.
students will continue to share their creative ideas with
students in other countries via the continuation of the
project. To achieve this, examples of work in progress
will regularly feature as a part of the "Cybermusic
Project 1998/99". Feel free to listen and explore these
works in progress.
the project, musical compositions will evolve. These
completed works will feature as part of the ongoing
collection in the "Cybermusic Experience"
around the globe. If you are a teacher and would like to
join in the project with your students, then please contact
us.
© 1998 Michael & Dom Caesar
INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PROJECT 1995/96
collaboration during 1995/96. DREAMS, KIRISAME and OLDENBURG
were based on a series of small musical cells in the Aeolian
mode. They served as the basis for all three works. Dreams
represents the Australian version, Kirisame is the Japanese
version and Oldenburg is the German version.
a student in Germany. It was developed by students in
Australia.
compose a Techno piece. It made use of drum rhythms from
Germany.
Again, they made frequent use of material and ideas from the
students in our partner countries.
in Australia during 1995/96 as part of the international
composition project.It made use of ideas from Germany and a
melodic phrase from Vancouver.
(These works do not form part of the International Project.)
was subsequently performed on several occasions by the school
instrumental ensemble.
year 9 at the time. This piece for piano and alto saxophone
was presented in the 1997 Young Composers Festival in
Canberra Australia.
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