Australian scenography

Audience’s Perceived Expectancy and Authenticity of Classical Music Performance by Digital Musical Instrument Mobile Apps

“…The study presented in this paper aimed to explore the audience's perception of classical music concerts featuring an ensemble using DMI mobile apps and tablets. The results indicated significant and positive correlations between the audience's enjoyment of listening to classical music, frequency of attending classical music concerts, and their perceived expectancy and authenticity, as conceptualized within the frameworks of EVT (Burgoon, 1978) and the authenticity framework of digital performance (Rixon et al, 2021). Notably, the findings diverged from the audience's initial expectations regarding ensemble and instrumental practices, and they also evaluated the distinct timbral qualities and capabilities of DMI mobile apps.…”

“…It is often associated with concepts such as reality, truth, and believability, but these qualities can vary among individuals (Arnould & Price, 2000). In order to examine the influence of technology on audience perception, Rixon et al (2021) proposed an authenticity framework specifically for digital performances. They defined authenticity as ''the truthful and believable integration of technology within a performance, contributing to the audience's emotional engagement' ' (p. 271).…”

“…These items have been adapted to fit the context of the current study (e.g., ''I did not find anything strange about my partner's behavior'' to ''I did not find anything strange about the music performed by DMI mobile apps''). The third part assessed the authenticity of the classical music performance based on the authenticity framework proposed by Rixon et al (2021). It included three constructs: truthfulness, believability, and emotional engagement, each consisting of three items.…”

“…These qualitative interviews aimed to provide additional contextual information and complement the responses obtained from the survey, thus strengthening the validity of the findings through data triangulation (Hesse-Biber, 2010). The design of the open-ended questions aligned with the principles of content, clarity, and sequencing (Miles et al, 2019), and referenced the two conceptual frameworks that guided the development of the questionnaire, i.e., Burgoon's (1978) EVT and the authenticity framework by Rixon et al (2021). The following series of open-ended questions guided each interview.…”