MUSIC BY OCEANS
Music composition. 2017-2019

Is there music in the behavior of our oceans and how does it sound? Does it have a magnificent quality or is it chaotic and alienating? Does the Atlantic Ocean sound different from the Indian Ocean? And how does music manifest itself when its creation depends on an external, natural influence? Music By Oceans uses oceanographic data as a source from which new music is created. Collaborating with professors Erik van Sebille and Will de Ruyter of the University of Utrecht led to an array of new compositions based on data measured by ARGO-floats. Music by Oceans engages with the oceans. The pieces are presented as performative lectures in which professor Erik van Sebille and Stef talk not only about the proces of creating with the ocean, but also about the urgency of the rising sea levels and the necessity of us humans to change our way of living.

The Music By Oceans string quartet consists of:
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Sarah Lynn Huizing - first violin
Miriam Olsen - second violin
Jurriaan Klapwijk - viola
Gied van Oorschot - cello

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