In May 2018, Newzik was fortunate to collaborate with two organizations based in the Netherlands: the Asko I Schönberg ensemble, a contemporary ensemble, and Donemus Publishing, a music publishing house.
The goal of this project was to start a conversation and reflect on the three-way partnership between music publishers, Newzik and orchestras, which culminated in a pilot performance using rented digital scores.
The digitalization of music scores opens the door to a plethora of opportunities for music publishers, who no longer have to worry about delivery delays and dealing with saving the markings. For Newzik, building a simple and secure digital score rental platform is a necessary step in order to streamline the relationship between music publishers and their orchestra clients. This project was, therefore, an opportunity for Newzik to test a rental platform that is still being developed within a realistic environment, and to learn from a real case study in order to improve it.
For the “(De)construction” performance – which took place at the prestigious Muziekgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam – our team trained the musicians to work with Newzik on iPad Pros and to turn pages using Bluetooth pedals.
The Newzik software was enthusiastically embraced by the ensemble musicians, as seen in the video below.
Following the performance, each musician filled out a questionnaire about their experience working with the Newzik app:
I thought it would be unnecessary technology but it is way easier than paper to work with. The iPad screen visibility is great, page turning is no disaster anymore thanks to the Bluetooth foot pedal … Well, it works perfectly, I would like to use it more!
Koen Kaptijn, Trombone Player
The Asko I Schönberg ensemble was so happy with our technology that they will start working exclusively with Newzik and digital scores, enabling the musicians to stay on top of technological advancements and participate in accelerating the digital transition in the Netherlands.
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A musical cooperation between an orchestra, a music publisher and Newzik In May 2018, Newzik was fortunate to collaborate with two organizations based in the Netherlands: the Asko I Schönberg ensemble, a contemporary ensemble, and Donemus Publishing, a music publishing house.
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In September 2016, Newzik teamed up with the Rouen Opera House with the purpose of creating the world’s first ever concert using the 12"9 inches newest iPad Pros, and to find out how classical orchestras could implement and benefit from using digital score readers over traditional sheet music.
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An entire symphony orchestra on Newzik with iPad Pros In May 2017, Newzik met with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France for a one-day trial of our digital solution that replaces paper scores.
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A military orchestra enjoying the iPad-performance In April 2018, Newzik partnered with the French Republican Guard Orchestra for a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s work. This one-time concert took place in Paris at the Saint-Louis des Invalides cathedral, where the ensemble hosted three renowned soloists: the violinist Augustin Dumay, the cellist Henri Demarquette and the pianist Michel Dalberto.
Asko|Schönberg, Dutch leading ensemble for new music, performs music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Cooperation between musicians and composers is central. Asko|Schönberg builds on the repertoire of the future with respect for 20th-century heritage.
