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Video Conferencing for Music Performance Education at the Manhattan School
1/5/2004
As commodity traffic migrates towards higher-bandwidth capabilities, end users will eventually be able to take full advantage of the high-quality programming that is being developed.
In October 2001, Manhattan School of Music collaborated with Columbia University and the New World Symphony in presenting a conducting masterclass over Internet2. Within this program, New World Symphony’s Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, stationed in Miami, Florida, offered a conducting masterclass to MSM conducting student, Donato Cabrera, who led the School’s Chamber Sinfonia in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in New York. Utilizing MPEG-2 codecs, transmitting at a rate of 15Mbps, the full-motion, and broadcast-quality video transmitted over Internet2 enabled Maestro Thomas to acutely observe and analyze Cabrera’s conducting technique. Similarly, the CD-quality sound transmission gave Maestro Thomas the high-fidelity required to assess the student’s ability to lead the orchestra effectively. A notable moment within the class came when Maestro Thomas wished to conduct the Manhattan School of Music orchestra from Miami. Due to the low-latency transmission of Internet2 networks, Maestro Thomas was able, in effect, to conduct the orchestra remotely. Maestro Thomas humorously remarked that the remaining residual latency still found in MPEG-2 transmissions was similar to conducting a "large German orchestra." Thus, due to the high-bandwidth/low latency transmission of high-fidelity audio and video signals, Internet2 enabled a virtual teaching and learning experience that simulates and in many ways enhances the live experience.
At present, Manhattan School of Music, a sponsored participant to Internet2 through Columbia University, is actively pursuing direct connectivity from the conservatory’s campus to Internet2. In so doing, MSM will be able to regularly produce and deliver high-quality interactive music performance and education programs over Internet2 networks to participating institutions on the K-16 level. Collaboration with peer institutions within higher education offers students new learning and performing opportunities while simultaneously developing and expanding music performance applications over the advanced high-speed networks of Internet2.
Christianne Orto (corto@msmnyc.edu), director of recording & videoconferencing,
Manhattan School of Music.
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