Music Production: Beyond Performance

Chapter 6 covered performance; here we explore music as composed art:

Contemporary Classical

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Historical composer influencing European opera

Julio Racine: Contemporary composer blending classical with jazz and traditional forms "I write symphonies where violins conversation with ka drums"

Electronic Innovation

Mélissa Laveaux: Experimental artist processing traditional songs through electronics "I sample my grandmother's lullabies, layer with synthesizers. Past and future conversation"

Creole Kidz: Producer collective creating future sounds "We make beats for spaceships powered by ancestor energy"