Musicologist Hannah Chan-Hartley discusses academia, the shift from scholarly study to content marketing, and her Visual Listening Guides with Thoroughly Good’s Jon Jacob. Recorded at London’s Southbank Centre.
Visualizing the Symphony, with Hannah Chan-Hartley
Interview with Andrew Bishko, Musical U
“We invited Hannah to join us here at Musical U to share her thoughts on everything from engaging listeners with visuals and the importance of good graphic design, to the secret of striking the balance between accessible and informative, and what sets her guides apart from the rest.”
How the Toronto Symphony Orchestra uses graphic design to guide audiences
Interview by Mark Sinclair, Creative Review
“The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s ‘listening guides’ make use of symbols and morse code-like notation to aide the experience of a live performance. We talked to their creator, Hannah Chan-Hartley, about how she is helping the TSO to visualise its repertoire.”