3Q: A world-premiere concert where the audience helps play
Ever attended a chamber concert where the audience helped play the music? Thanks in part to MIT’s Eran Egozy, you can. Egozy is a clarinetist in Radius Ensemble, a Cambridge-based chamber music group that on March 5 will perform the world premiere of “12,” a new piece by composer Eun Young Lee. Unusually, the composition incorporates percussion sounds that certain audience members will deploy using their phones. Egozy — a co-founder and former chief technology officer at Harmonix, creators of the game “Guitar Hero” — created the digital program the audience members will use. He is also teaching courses in interactive, high-tech music at MIT, as a professor of the practice. MIT News spoke to Egozy about the new concert and his work. Q. What is “12”? A. “12” is a new work that Radius Ensemble commissioned for the concert season this year, by Eun Young Lee, who is a composer...