Markand Thakar, left, conductor of The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Paul Henry Smith.
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Wii Test 1 [4:09m]: 
This short video shows my first test using the Nintendo Wii controller, or “Wii-mote,” to affect the playback of a short passage. The motion and position of the controller tells the computer to select from among pre-recorded samples of musicians playing loud or soft.
The results are promising, but I can easily see that this approach will have limitations as the music gets more complex. For example, when first violins need to be emphasized and then second violins immediately following them, how will the controller “know” which instrument group to modify? We’ll probably have to pair multiple controllers (perhaps Wii-motes) with multiple musicians and computers.
This episode presents the complete performance of the second movement, Allegretto, of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, Op. 92. Performed by the Fauxharmonic Orchestra.
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 - II. Allegretto [7:05m]: (Optimized for iPod playback: The dynamic range has been reduced.)
A “hidden” melody in the middle of the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony is uncovered and performed by the Fauxharmonic Orchestra. The melody has actually only been “hidden” in plain sight, for it is clearly written in the score.
The hidden clarinet [7:19m]: 
Paul Henry Smith has just completed the score for Brett Konner’s short film “The Bump in the Road,” produced by Bulldog Productions.
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