Detta arbete är skrivet av en student på den klassiska institutionen som önskade vidga och utmana sin musikaliska bredd. Detta genom att ta den vanligaste kammarmusikformen inom klassisk saxofon och omvandla den till ett unikt koncept: att behandla saxofonkvartett som en popkonstellation. Arbetet redogör den konstnärliga processen och lärdomarna dragna från projektet: att arrangera popmusik för saxofonkvartett.

<p>Bilaga: 1 CD</p>

In this project, Björn Atle Anfinsen has composed music for his group Anfinsen Atmosphere with focus on finding freedom in his musical expression. The music was played and recorded on his exam concert at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in the beginning of march 2019. In his compositions he combines different genres such as electronic, hard rock, folk-world and ambient music. The goal with combining genres is to create an image where different styles of music could be together. The music is written as a suite for the concert where all the songs are played directly after each other as one song, with no break in between. The idea of this is to do a concert similar to a theatre performance.  As a result of the project, Björn Atle states that he has found new ways of writing music where he can achive freedom in his musical expression. He also explores new sounds that he creates with the trumpet within the genres he combines. / <p>Examenskonsert. Kungasalen, Kungliga Musikhögskolan. Kompositör: Björn Atle Anfinsen. Medverkande:</p><p>Björn Atle Anfinsen - trumpet</p><p>Leo Krepper - gitarr</p><p>Manne Skafvenstedt - Klaviatur</p><p>Malte Bergman Byström - bas</p><p>Noa Svensson - trummor</p>

As a composer of electroacoustic music, I’m interested in understanding which characteristics of classical orchestration can be used in electroacoustic music after these years of its development. In specific, which aspects of orchestration can be used as powerful techniques in acousmatic music? The aim of this study is to create connections between the conventional acoustic orchestration practice and electroacoustic orchestration by using a transfer2 technique.

In this project I have examined how I can use different ways to compose for a bigger ensemble and for my own instrument, guitar, as a part of it. As a musical form for the composing I chose to write music based on my musical preferences and influences from the film music genre. For the project I wrote five different pieces which I performed together with an ensemble which included seventeen other musicians in KMH:s concert hall “Kungasalen” on the 6th of mars 2019. The theses will give you a perspective on how I wrote the compositions and what tools I used, theoretically and emotionally. In this project I also go deeper into how I can evolve as a bandleader and how thorough I am with how I handle such a big ensemble, both socially and musically, and how I should manage in the future in similar situations to achieve the best possible result.

In this bachelor thesis I describe the process in detail of making a recording of self-composed music from different times during my years at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. The music was recorded with a quartet consisting of piano, electric guitar, upright bass and drums. My questions concern the role of the guitar voice in my compositions, how I work as an ensemble leader and how my own composing is influenced by the musicians who inspire me.   One aspect that I explore more thoroughly is how a guitar voice can be used in my compositions, since the music from the beginning is written for piano trio. I discovered that I appreciate when the melody is played in unison by guitar and piano. I contribute this to the fact that vibrato cannot be played by the piano. Instead, it is complemented by the guitar in a natural way.   In my discussion of my role as a bass player and how I work as a band leader, I reflect upon how my personality affects the way I lead. I come to the conclusion that I personally enjoy being a sideman, so that I with the help of my instrument can support and provide a depth to the music. As an ensemble leader, I have been practicing entering a new role. Here I have found the strength in utilizing and seeing the value of my fellow musicians' opinions and ideas to let the composition reach its full potential. All in all, this project has allowed me to gain a greater understanding of how I function as a musician and has produced five recordings that I take great pride in. / <p><strong>Repertoar</strong></p><p><em>Agnes</em> - Joel Hulander</p><p><em>Arpeggio</em> - Joel Hulander</p><p><em>Grubbel</em> - Joel Hulander</p><p><em>Regn</em> - Joel Hulander</p><p><em>Östergyllen</em> - Joel Hulander</p><p></p><p><strong>Medverkande</strong></p><p>Flygel - Oskar Lindström</p><p>Elgitarr - Oscar Olsén</p><p>Trumset - Filip Olofsson</p><p>Kontrabas - Joel Hulander</p>

This project deals with the different aspects and problems that I associate with being a soloist with a big band, playing my own music. I put together a big band with some of my favorite musicians, wrote four arrangements on original tunes and played them on a concert at The Royal College of Music on the 7th of March 2019. In the arranging process, I tried to focus on making my trumpet playing sound as natural as possible. The goal throughout the whole project has been to make the music match my trumpet playing and improvisational sound. / <p>Medverkande: Sebastian Jonsson, Leonard Werme, Björn Bäckström , Samuel Muntlin, Emma Josefsson (träblås), Erik Tengholm, Isac Åberg, Max Stark, Linnea Jonsson, Emma Granstam (trumpet), Lars Ullberg, Agnes Darelid, Hampus Adami, Simon Skogh (trombon), Mattias Olofsson (gitarr), Anna Gréta Sigurdardóttir (piano), Johan Tengholm (kontrabas), Oscar Johansson Werre (trummor).</p><p>Till uppsatsen bifogas inspelningar av mina egna kompositioner som är kopplade till arbetet: Complexity of Love, Motljus, Livejazzbaren och Island.</p>

We are free, from the shackles of the finite, and of the physical world. Sound now enjoys morphological freedom through a myriad of transformations. It is malleable to the utmost degree. We have at our disposal an astounding plethora of tools, with which we can manipulate and organise sound. This thesis project is a collection of musical materials that explore the idea of The Uncanny Valley, as it relates to music being real, fake or some strange combination of the two. This thesis project is primarily one in which I produce sound files. In a secondary capacity, I’m also producing a text file. In this text I aim to present some of my thoughts on how my work writing code and making music might be connected, in some hopefully interesting ways, to my field. I’m unlikely to be able to adequately convey my own origin myth. Instead I’ll focus on stories I’ve been told about music, throughout my life, inside and outside of academia. I have a strong suspicion that these stories have shaped my coming into being as a composer. However difficult the task of introspection, and ultimately to know one self proves to be, I at least regard these stories as a source for clues as to why I am driven to do the things that I do.

In this project Jonathan Stribrny has composed and recorded music for his quintet focusing on finding his own voice as a composer. The music was recorded at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm. The purpuse of the project was to develope a characteristic sound as a composer and discover new ways for himself as a soloist.  The process of composing and using various composition techniques are well described in the paper. Problems that have appeared like finding it hard to play certain musical lines due to lack of trumpet technique are discussed, as well as the process of writing lyrics to a composition for the first time. In the end Jonathan states that he has realized the importance of incorperating fragments of something that is experienced as unexpected for the listeners into a composition. These fragments could be drastic tempo changes, rhythmic alternations and key changes. He also presents an idea of continuing writing music for singers and a wish to make a record with only song lyrics

<p>Här är länken till inspelningen -</p><p>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/53dcjgdwyp74j0t/AABtbH4ZuO5M6G-eB9LHnW12a?dl=0</p>