Abstract

The author’s goal is to discuss Blessing Composition where the music composition is a collaboration with the theme of world music. Blessing’s work uses the concept of sound with your soul where it is presented in collaboration between 3 composers from 2 countries who have different backgrounds, namely from France and Indonesia. Blessing’s work also uses the concept of on the spot, where the melodies are played by improvised players using the G Major chord as the starting point during the show. Based on these chords by prioritizing sound with your soul, free harmonies are found that do not bind the players in playing melodies with various musical instruments and different techniques. Blessing’s work is the result of a collaboration that prioritizes voice with your soul in an art performance. Observations were made during the show and the results of the show can be seen on the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=nzxsUZyFt-Q. Blessing’s work was performed at the North Sumatra Jazz Festival in Collaboration with World Music on 28 July 2022 at the Nurdin Tampubolon Auditorium Building in Medan. The show is a collaboration between the French-Medan embassy and Universitas HKBP Nommensen Medan. Blessing’s work is a composition that has the characteristics of each composer, where Erucakra with a jazz rock style through a guitar instrument, Junita Batubara has a contemporary style using various musical instruments, Duo Wegger with a Jazz fusion clarinet & saxophone style.

Keywords

Composer, music composition, world music, sound of your soul, on the spot, harmony.