The Visual Recital is an exciting new approach to integrating live art music with dynamic imagery, animations, and synchronized video clips, where the performing musician directly controls the digitized visualizations as an enhancement of the musical performance. With the visuals serving as a powerful narrative lattice, art music becomes immediately accessible to audiences young and old who may have never experienced a live recital setting.
Visual Pianist Hugh Sung has developed a system that integrates cutting-edge visualizations with a simple foot-switch trigger that enables the Art Musician to perfectly synchronize visual effects that illustrate the narrative sweep and structure of each musical composition
NEW! Watch a sample from a performance at the Darlington Arts Center featuring selections from Charles B. Griffin's "Vernacular Dances", with visuals projected onto a 9' x 7' pvc frame rear projection screen:
Cellist Mary Artmann performs "Bunraku" by Toshiro Mayuzumi at the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Estes Park, Colorado, with dynamic visualizations by Charmain Schuh and Hugh Sung. Hugh Sung (www.HughSung.com) has developed an audio-reactive engine using Pure Data to trigger visual effects within the presentation program Liquid Media. Please visit www.VisualRecital.com for more details on the techniques used to create this Visual Recital performance.
In this video, I presented a Visual Recital workshop at the Greenport School in New York, featuring movements from Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and artwork by 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade students under the supervision of art teacher Anne McDonald. The workshop and concert were made possible by the Greenport Music Festival.
This is a terrific performance of "Escuala" ("The Shark") by Astor Piazzolla, arranged by the remarkable Accordionist Lidia Kaminska and performed by her in collaboration with Saxophonist Brian Sacawa and pianist Hugh Sung at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Enjoy!!
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Music Meets Tech #29: How to Set Up a Pianoteq System
Pianoteq is an amazing piano simulation program that allows for unprecedented musical expression on digital pianos. If you're new to digital pianos and virtual instrument plugins, this episode will help untangle all those wires and break down the setup process into easy steps. I start with simple diagrams for either a computer or dedicated sound module setup - aka, the Muse Receptor - then follow with a "live video" example of a computer setup with the help of a talented young pianist, Katie Tran.
In this semi-documentary, i collaborate with three musicians from Astral Artistic Services to present a pilot outreach program for the Meade School in North Philadelphia, utilizing my Visual Recital techniques. A behind-the-scenes look at how the show is set up, followed by the presentation itself. The kids had a blast, particularly with the visualizations for Paul Schoenfield's "Cafe Music"! Other pieces featured were a movement from Beethoven's Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3, and the Adagio movement from Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8.
Musicians:
Jennifer Curtis, Violin
Susan Babini, Cello
Michael Mizrahi, Piano
Note: this is a smaller file size version for faster playback at reduced video quality
In this semi-documentary, i collaborate with three musicians from Astral Artistic Services to present a pilot outreach program for the Meade School in North Philadelphia, utilizing my Visual Recital techniques. A behind-the-scenes look at how the show is set up, followed by the presentation itself. The kids had a blast, particularly with the visualizations for Paul Schoenfield's "Cafe Music"! Other pieces featured were a movement from Beethoven's Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3, and the Adagio movement from Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8.
