Music has an extraordinary power to move people.
It can give them a voice
It can give them a chance to express themselves
It can
be a release of emotion
and a connection with other people
I remember the first day Rosie came in
She had the kind of musical look about her
that gave us confidence in what she was doing
Hey, I thought you were brilliant out there
really, really impressive.
I don't know, i've still got a lot of work to do I think.
I think musicians
seek perfection in their playing
I'm a rank and file
but she was a solo player
she was a numbered position
and there's the difference
How are you thinking about the future?
I feel like you could literally go anywhere
and do anything
I remember watching her across the pit that evening
she looked unafraid
confident
there's nothing like it
she had everything ahead of her
she was travelling to an out of town gig
I wasn't involved in that one
after the accident I remember the orchestra felt broken
that lasted a long while
Music is very important as a language to express things that
perhaps we cannot say with words
and i'm passionate about finding
new vocabularies
new sounds
new ways to make music
I had this thought
imagine
just imagine if it would be possible
to read information from your brain
to compose music
that somebody
can no longer move their body
can no longer play a musical instrument
imagine if you could design something
to reconnect this person with music
When I met Rosie there was something that clicked
I knew that she was a musician
I knew that she would understand
The system is reading Rosie's brainwaves
she makes a selection
the violin player plays those phrases
that moment
it was magical
I cannot describe it
It was a dream
I had
and I bring that seemingly impossible
Though it took 20 years
it would not have been achieved
If I had not the chance to work with Rosie
The idea of playing with Rosie again
after so many years
was something I'd never imagined would be possible