Open Symphony: Creative Participation for Audiences of Live Music Performances

@article{Wu2017OpenSC,
  title={Open Symphony: Creative Participation for Audiences of Live Music Performances},
  author={Yongmeng Wu and Leshao Zhang and Nick Bryan-Kinns and Mathieu Barthet},
  journal={IEEE MultiMedia},
  year={2017},
  volume={24},
  pages={48-62}
}
Most contemporary Western performing arts practices restrict creative interactions from audiences. Open Symphony is designed to explore audience-performer interaction in live music performances, assisted by digital technology. Audiences can conduct improvising performers by voting for various musical "modes." Technological components include a web-based mobile application, a visual client displaying generated symbolic scores, and a server service for the exchange of creative data. The… 
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