Can't Stand Standing

As part of his PhD, the composer explored the use of data mapped to specific musical parameters. This has the effect of driving musical output to an extent. For instance, if a temperature reading increases, the pitch of a melody would rise relative to the temperature. 

The practice of ‘mapping’ data to sound parameters (called Parameter Mapping Sonification). It aims to transmit information about the data, to the listener. While this may assist information processing activities, such as in a clinical setting, it has also become widespread among composers and some scientists. 

Concerns about brining sonification into the music field exist, however. Particularly involving how scientific fact can be misinterpreted and in how inaccessible the results often are. This is discussed in the composer's thesis.

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Rather than mapping data for interpretation purposes, the composer assigned certain data to music features. This is done to create a link between the science and the music. You can find out more by clicking on the (Details) section within the menu. 

However, this movement marks the last occasion in which the composer used data, having subsequently decided to move away from it due to concerns about sonification. His thesis encourages composers to do likewise, while still embracing the convergence of music and science through purely compositional techniques.