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Category: Visual Media

My audio-visual BSL presentation of The Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata for BBC Proms at Home

Posted on 08/09/202017/02/2021 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

 One of the most famous pieces of classical music is, arguably, Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight sonata’ – or to give it is full title ‘Piano Sonata No.14 C# minor Op.27 no.2’. This magnificent piece of music was completed in 1801 and consists of three movements. Traditionally classical music begins with a fast first movement before a…

Toby’s dreamland – for solo flute & sign language

Posted on 03/07/202002/01/2021 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

The Ukrainian Musical Box

Posted on 24/12/201916/04/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

A Christmas special! Story telling beautifully created and told by 10 year old Amber, played on the piano by 10 year old son Harry.  Both children are deaf. Supported and edited by Drip Media Music composed by Ruth Montgomery Dec 2019. Best wishes for the New Year.

BBC 10 pieces commission: Hans Zimmer’s ‘Earth’

Posted on 10/12/201919/05/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

                ‘Film music composer Hans Zimmer wrote ‘Earth’ for BBC Ten Pieces inspired by looking down at Earth from space. It uses the sounds of the orchestra layered with electronic sounds, and children’s voices. The music is so imaginative; Hans Zimmer uses music as a language to tell…

The Rocking Horse: Visual Vernacular, Electronic Flute Music and Deaf Culture

Posted on 02/09/201917/05/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

  My new music composition for visual vernacular by artist Zöe McWhinney and electronic flute by Melissa Keeling on the theme of the rocking horse and tinnitus.  This story links to my childhood of going to the Nuffield hospital in London for my regular hearing tests. In the middle of the waiting room there was…

Dressage: Creating Music Through Technology – Decibels and The Sobell Foundation

Posted on 23/03/201917/05/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

Between September and December 2018, Audiovisability undertook a 3 month research and development project on the theme of ‘Freestyle Dressage’ as we looked into music accessibility for para-dressage equestrienne Laurentia Tan who is ranked no.4 in the world.   While winning many medals around the world, she wanted to improve on her relationship with music…

Makey Makey: Creating Music Through Technology

Posted on 25/07/201831/08/2018 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

The world of music technology is fast paced, exciting and continues to evolve rapidly. While it does not replace traditional concepts of music teaching, it offers 21st century tools to enhance and expand the learning experience.

Visual Vernacular and Music

Posted on 04/10/201717/05/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

I asked Douglas Ridloff who is a founder and director of ASL Slam (American Sign Language) to come up with a minute’s story using visual vernacular about the Solider and the fly.  While the solider is doing a very serious job of marching away, a fly comes in causing nuisance.   Visual vernacular is a…

Silent Night with Nadia Nadarajah

Posted on 14/12/201417/05/2020 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

This song was first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818 in German (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) and is now translated into more than 300 different languages around the world with billions of hits on YouTube.  I started wondering about the music working together with British Sign Language (BSL) in its highly stylised art form. As…

Residency and live performance for Dada Festival/Syndrome in Liverpool

Posted on 28/11/201414/11/2015 by Ruth Montgomery blogspot

DADA Performance Rough cut from davelynch on Vimeo. Residency and live performance for Dada festival / Syndrome in Liverpool REVIEW from www.artinliverpool.com Taking place at the Bluecoat, the space was set up with a large central screen, an electric piano keyboard to the left and a condenser microphone to the centre right. Off to the…

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