Since 1993 we have been composing with middle and high school students from around the world over the internet. Each year the technical process gets easier and we can focus more on getting to know our world friends and creating unique music influenced by our different cultures.

International Composition and Communication Project 1999/2000: 
Music Meets Art

Again joining our friends in Germany and from around the world we have created something unique. This time our student musicians have interpreted the paints of student artists. Music and art are one. The project is on display on the web and as both audio and multimedia CDs. Look and listen on the International Composition Project site.

International Composition and Communication Project 1998/1999: 
Realtime Composition

Our most recent interactive collaboration with Germany, Australia, and Slovakia. Check out the photos, songs, and samples of this real time composing experiments using ResRocket of this amazing adventure.

International Composing and Communication Project 1996/97
Tokyo, Oldenburg, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Canberra, Bremen, Paris, Vancouver

We have begun another world composition this time with each musician offering a melody to the group by November 15. Next we will choose from these themes and arrange them hopefully with some color of our host countries. The Current Project Proposal Outline is available and Gerd has also posted the original project proposal with some of our thoughts is 

Variations and Works in Progress

• Asian Fragment one Andy M's original music concept for the project.
• Asian Variation Gerda Guendisch & Moritz Brumsack of Cacilienschule created this next composing step of Asian Variation.
• Tokyo Variation and here is Andy's variation of Gerta's variation. (5/22/97)

• A first draft variation based on "budiwan" from Bremen, December 17, 1996, Andy M.

• An early melodic phrase from Andy M.
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• 2nd Phase Composing phase: 15th of December 96
• 3rd phase Publishing phase: 15th of March 97
• 4th phase Discussion phase: 15th of April 97
• 5th phase Reflexive phase: 1st of June 97

Also check out our co-composer's web pages for more original melodies.
Caecilienschule: Oldenberg, Germany || Patch American School: Stuttgart, Germany
Schulzentrum Walle: Bremen, Germany || American School in Paris: Paris, France || Telopea Park: Canberra, Australia

Cell Puzzle- Oldenburg, Canberra, Tokyo- 95/96

Spring 96 and we were back working with our friends in Germany and making new ones in Australia. Students in Canberra put together four four bar ideas (or cells), e-mailed the midi files to us, and we all created our own variations reflecting our cultures and interests. Here are a few of the results.

• Original 4 Bar Cells Ideas
• Kirisame- Tokyo
• Techno - Oldenburg
• Dreams - Canberra

The romance of a misty rain, Kirisame, influenced the sound of the ASIJ composers. What a great contrast to the techno dance groove from students at Caecilienschule, and the dream from Canberra!

Junior GII Summit

Theme Song for the Junior GII Summit held here in Tokyo, November 1st & 2nd '96. Lyrics and music were shared via the internet during October and a final piece was tossed together like a world salad of sound. ASIJ and I were important moderators for the theme project which was partially sponsored by Yamaha. Some of our composer/singers joined musicians attending from six countries to sing the premier performance of Stand Up! Our composing process is detailed with expamples below.

• Lyrics October 13
• Lyrics October 27
• Performance Lyrics November 2
• ASIJ's First Midi Themes
• Patch's First Midi Themes
• Oldenburg's First Midi Themes
• An Experiment Combining Themes

Tokyo Neon

In 1994/95 middle school students co-composed with their peers in Oldenburg, Germany a composition using the Internet. In Germany, , three eight bar melodies were created on their sequencer equipment. These MIDI song fragments or puzzle pieces were then encoded and e-mailed to ASIJ in Tokyo. Here at ASIJ students choose instrumentation, rhythm backup, and stylistic directions that reflected their influences in Asia and completed the song, Tokyo Neon This MIDI data was then scored for the middle school band and a live performance was taped by NHK television of Japan.

• Tokyo Neon (28k midi)
• Three Original Themes (5k midi)

Please drop me a note. bhuber@asij.ac.jp.
Brent Huber- Music Composition Instructor

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