Lydo

In February each year, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra organises Lydo, a concert series targeting children and young people. RITMO was able to join the project and collect data while also doing research dissemination during concerts.

Lab engineer Kayla Burnim (left) prepares everything for departure from RITMO. Suitcases with motion capture suits, eye-tracking glasses, reflective bracelets, and physiological measurement devices get packed for the train ride.

Orchestra producer Eirik Oliver shows the RITMO around in the extraordinary functional Stavanger Concert Hall.

Musicians wait in line to be fitted with a sensor belt for measuring motion, respiration, and heart rate.

Sara D'Amario and Kayla Burnim check that all 70 physiological measurement devices are ready to be handed out to musicians.

Conductor ?yvind Bjor? wore a motion capture suit based on inertial measurement units (3D accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer). A 3D avatar was projected on the screen during the concert to show the audience how the technology works.

RITMO had commissioned a new piece for the experiment by composer and senior lecturer Bj?rn Morten Christophersen. Here, he checks the score before a rehearsal with conductor ?yvind Bjor?.

Alexander Refsum Jensenius and Ingvild Rosenberg visit the local NRK radio studio in Stavanger to talk about the unique concert experiment. There was much media attention during the week.

Research fellow Maham Riaz discusses the settings for the lighting design during a rehearsal. Due to the light-sensitive research equipment used, it was important to balance an aesthetically pleasing light for the audience and a functional light for the researchers.