“Time for GoPro to print new instruction booklets. The Cleveland Institute of Music has found an entirely new use for the company’s line of action cameras,” writes Zachary Lewis in Thursday’s (2/11) Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH). “Here at CIM, through a program titled ‘Perspectives,’ musicians are using the cameras to share their views of sitting in an orchestra and playing on one of the most beautiful stages in the world. Thus, the scene Feb. 3 at Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra. In most respects, the concert resembled a typical performance of Stravinsky’s ballet ‘The Firebird’: the CIM Orchestra took the stage, followed shortly thereafter by conductor Carl Topilow. But in addition to tuxes, gowns and instruments, 12 students also sported GoPro cameras on their heads.” Alan Bise, CIM’s director of recording arts and services, “plans to stitch together footage from the cameras into one seamless, first-person ‘Firebird,’ a colorful, solo-filled work ripe for filming, then publish the video on YouTube and use it as a tool for recruitment and education.… If all goes well, Bise said, CIM will consider filming more concerts and branching into the realms of opera and chamber music. Another possibility, he said, is streaming and displaying GoPro video live during performances.”
Posted February 12, 2016
