The post-Genre paradigm in composition and performance for the “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble”
Session
Modern Music and Audio Production
Description
This article examines the concept of post-genre composition for the “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble,” an approach that aims to transcend the traditional boundaries of musical genres through the combination of experimental, electroacoustic, and orchestral practice techinques. Rather than treating genre as a fixed category and the interaction/creative practices are not bound by one format of performance, composition and notation. The article proposes a new model where interactions between musician and composer are treated accordingly to the genre the instrumentalist is accomodated with. With musicians that read notation, the use of classical notation, with musicians that dont read music the use of graphic scores, sound painting, suggestive notation and direct musical cues that are composed while the musician works with the composer in the studio etc. This form of “composition as an interactive network” draws on principles inherited from compositional and music making practices in the 20th and 21st century where practice and technology become intertwined. Examples as afformentioned include a hybrid of Walter Thompson Sound painting, chance music, graphic notation, John Zorn game-pieces and “Cobra”, file-Card / Fragmented Composition , conducted imporvisation on top of a already composed musical layer or a already composed musical form from 2-3 or more layers, Layered / Staged Process Composition, Gesture-Augmented Graphic Score “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble” serves as a performative laboratory where acoustic instruments, synthesizers, and digital interfaces create a new collective language unbound by formats that make up genres, and unbound by genres that define a certain combination within the works themselves, within the structure of an album and within the collaborative effort of musicians. The article documents the development of this practice, compositional examples, and its impact on the concept of “interaction as a genre” in 21st century music.
Keywords:
post-genre, contemporary composition, hybrid ensemble, experimental music, human-AI interaction, electroacoustics, live music, improvisation, musical networks, contemporary performance
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-41-2
Location
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
25-10-2025 9:00 AM
End Date
26-10-2025 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.281
Recommended Citation
Jupolii, Liburn, "The post-Genre paradigm in composition and performance for the “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble”" (2025). UBT International Conference. 8.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2025UBTIC/MMDPM/8
The post-Genre paradigm in composition and performance for the “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble”
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
This article examines the concept of post-genre composition for the “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble,” an approach that aims to transcend the traditional boundaries of musical genres through the combination of experimental, electroacoustic, and orchestral practice techinques. Rather than treating genre as a fixed category and the interaction/creative practices are not bound by one format of performance, composition and notation. The article proposes a new model where interactions between musician and composer are treated accordingly to the genre the instrumentalist is accomodated with. With musicians that read notation, the use of classical notation, with musicians that dont read music the use of graphic scores, sound painting, suggestive notation and direct musical cues that are composed while the musician works with the composer in the studio etc. This form of “composition as an interactive network” draws on principles inherited from compositional and music making practices in the 20th and 21st century where practice and technology become intertwined. Examples as afformentioned include a hybrid of Walter Thompson Sound painting, chance music, graphic notation, John Zorn game-pieces and “Cobra”, file-Card / Fragmented Composition , conducted imporvisation on top of a already composed musical layer or a already composed musical form from 2-3 or more layers, Layered / Staged Process Composition, Gesture-Augmented Graphic Score “Liburn Jupolli Ensemble” serves as a performative laboratory where acoustic instruments, synthesizers, and digital interfaces create a new collective language unbound by formats that make up genres, and unbound by genres that define a certain combination within the works themselves, within the structure of an album and within the collaborative effort of musicians. The article documents the development of this practice, compositional examples, and its impact on the concept of “interaction as a genre” in 21st century music.