2011
Noise Carriers is a DVD and CD recorded performance of an entire evening of music composed by Oliver Searle especially for cochlear implant users. The 13-movement composition is based on the works of Robert Burns. It includes a special set of instruments chosen with the current research related to music preferences of cochlear implant users in mind: a male vocalist, accordion, baritone saxophone, cellos, clarsach, contrabassoon, double bass, drums, horns, piano, tenor saxophones, trombones, trumpet, and tuba. Listeners experience these instruments in isolation as well as in small and large group ensembles designed to accommodate the needs of cochlear implant users when listening to music. The CD and DVD set allows users and clinicians to always have the choice between an auditory only or an auditory visual experience.
