Re-realizing Philippe Boesmans' Daydreams: A Performative Approach to Live Electro-Acoustic Music

The author’s realization of Philippe Boesmans’ Daydreams, for marimba and electronics, was a study in the musical relationships between performers and computers. This realization can be used to reflect a performer’s interpretation of the score through a performer-oriented user interface. The new version honors the composer’s intentions but eliminates the need for excessive hardware devices and adds various nuances that allow mutability and performability. The author suggests that a realization is a performative tool for musical expression.