This event is free and open to the public!

Description

Please join us for an AI-enhanced animated production of Igor Stravinsky’s timeless classic: The Soldier’s Tale. This Faustian tale of a soldier trading his violin and soul to the devil in return for untold riches will be presented by live musicians and narrator, with the visual story told through projected animations.

AI-based technology is used in this production to amplify, not replace the human creativity of live performers, as well as opening innovative new avenues to explore the presentation of modern classical music. The animation is precisely synchronized to the contours of Stravinsky’s music, but instead of an inflexible video that musicians must rigidly adhere to, hand-created animations are controlled by Live Video Accompaniment, a software system that “listens” to the music, then automatically speeds up and slows down the video to stay in-sync with spontaneous musical timing, maximizing musical freedom while preserving audiovisual synchronization.

The Live Video Accompaniment system was designed by Kaitlin Pet, PhD candidate at the Luddy School of Informatics alongside her advisor, Professor Christopher Raphael. This performance is produced by Nikki Pet, visiting scholar and embedded entrepreneur at the JSoM Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development (OECD), and DMA candidate at the Yale School of Music. This performance of The Soldier’s Tale is hosted by the OECD and Professor Alain Barker.

This performance also features a new translation of C.F. Ramuz’s libretto by Liz Diamond, Chair of Directing at Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama and Resident Director at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Time

Sunday, November 2nd at 1pm

Location

Ford Hall at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington

Located on the second floor of the Simon Music Center, 200 S. Eagleson Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405