The Conductor’s Perspective: Viewpoints of three Quebec Conductors on Contemporary Music Notation
This survey looks at musical notation, with transcripts of interviews by composer Marie-Pierre Brasset of the three contemporary Montreal conductors Lorraine Vaillancourt, Véronique Lacroix, and Walter Boudreau. In these three one-on-one interviews, the conductors reveal the particular natures of their relationship with musical notation and share various reflections drawn from their vast experience. The conductors frankly describe the pitfalls in conducting new works, but also express their admiration for the high degree of sophistication in today’s systems of musical notation.