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(New page: Larry and I hit up the GSO concert last year and these guys and gals delivered quite a helping of arranged orchestral VGM bliss, for free, in a full ensemble that even included a choir. Fa...)
 
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Larry and I hit up the GSO concert last year and these guys and gals delivered quite a helping of arranged orchestral VGM bliss, for free, in a full ensemble that even included a choir. Far from simple transcription, the GSO embraces interpretive arrangement in much the same way OCR does, and while the performances had some issues, the creativity, enthusiasm, and talent of its members comes shining through.
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Founded in Fall 2005 by a small group of students from the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra, the [http://umd.gamersymphony.org University of Maryland Gamer Symphony] Orchestra is the world's first college orchestra dedicated solely to playing video game music. All of their  music is arranged in-house by their own members.
  
 
We caught up with Greg Cox (conductor), Chris Apple (music director) and Justin Johnston (PR director) at MAGFest VII and recorded a sweet little video interview that tells you most of what you need to know. Larry did the interviewing, and I did the editing - my first time editing an interview, which is its own special type of challenge, but I think given the impromptu setting, background noise, and relatively free form nature of the source material, it came together well. In HD, too! — [http://www.ocremix.org/artist/4279/djpretzel djpretzel]
 
We caught up with Greg Cox (conductor), Chris Apple (music director) and Justin Johnston (PR director) at MAGFest VII and recorded a sweet little video interview that tells you most of what you need to know. Larry did the interviewing, and I did the editing - my first time editing an interview, which is its own special type of challenge, but I think given the impromptu setting, background noise, and relatively free form nature of the source material, it came together well. In HD, too! — [http://www.ocremix.org/artist/4279/djpretzel djpretzel]

Revision as of 14:04, 10 May 2009

Founded in Fall 2005 by a small group of students from the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra, the University of Maryland Gamer Symphony Orchestra is the world's first college orchestra dedicated solely to playing video game music. All of their music is arranged in-house by their own members.

We caught up with Greg Cox (conductor), Chris Apple (music director) and Justin Johnston (PR director) at MAGFest VII and recorded a sweet little video interview that tells you most of what you need to know. Larry did the interviewing, and I did the editing - my first time editing an interview, which is its own special type of challenge, but I think given the impromptu setting, background noise, and relatively free form nature of the source material, it came together well. In HD, too! — djpretzel

Interview

Conducted January 2, 2009 by Larry "Liontamer" Oji, edited by David "djpretzel" Lloyd:
Greg Cox, Chris Apple and Justin Johnston of the University of Maryland Gamer Symphony Orchestra discuss the GSO while attending MAGFest 7

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