Developing a digital approach to live composition
I’ve been working on and off towards a doctorate at Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The aim of the research is to explore and expand the use of compositional elements in improvised music and the use of improvisation in compositions. In both cases, this goal is being approached with a custom software application that I have been developing.
Onttonen, E. (2023). Collaborative live composition with Frankie. In A. P. De Ritis, V. Zappi, J. Van Buskirk, & J. Mallia (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation—TENOR 2023 (pp. 123–130). Northeastern University. [PDF at Taju, with the best quality images; alternatives with low quality images: PDF at Zenodo, PDF at TENOR website.]
Onttonen, E. (2023, May 17). Collaborative live composition with Frankie [Paper presentation]. Eighth International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation — TENOR 2023, Boston, USA. [See Publications for the proceedings.]
Onttonen, E. (2025a, February 19). Improvisation—?—Composition. METRIC 2025, Helsinki, Finland.
Onttonen, E. (2025b, August 29). Digital live composing in the middle ground between improvisation and composition [Paper presentation]. International Rhythm Changes Conference: Jazz Futures, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Onttonen, E. (2026, April 24). Live-säveltäminen improvisaation ja sävellyksen rajapintana [Paper presentation]. Musiikintutkijoiden 27. valtakunnallinen symposium, Turku, Finland.