Techniques for dynamic music performance and related systems and methods

An orchestral system, comprising:

• a plurality of instrumental loudspeakers, each instrumental loudspeaker comprising an acoustic musical instrument comprising at least one transducer configured to receive acoustic signals and to produce audible sound from the musical instrument in accordance with the acoustic signals;
• a computing device comprising:
• at least one computer readable medium storing a musical score comprising a plurality of sequence markers that each indicate a time at which playing of one or more associated sounds is to begin;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• receive beat information from an external device;
• generate, based at least in part on the received beat information, acoustic signals in accordance with the digital score by triggering one or more of the sequence markers of the musical score and producing the acoustic signals as corresponding to one or more sounds associated with the triggered one or more sequence markers;
• and
• provide the acoustic signals to one or more of the plurality of instrumental loudspeakers;
• at least one microphone configured to capture ambient sound within a listening space;
• a diffuse radiator loudspeaker configured to produce incoherent sound waves;
• and
• a reverberation processing unit configured to:
• apply reverberation to at least a portion of ambient sound captured by the at least one microphone, thereby producing modified sound;
• and
• output the modified sound into the listening space via the diffuse radiator loudspeaker.

A method of controlling the production of music, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an apparatus, data indicative of acceleration of a user device;
• detecting, by the apparatus, that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded a predetermined threshold based at least in part on the received data;
• determining, by the apparatus, that no beat point has been triggered by the apparatus for at least a first period of time;
• and
• triggering, by the apparatus, a beat point in response to said detecting that the acceleration of the user device has exceeded the predetermined threshold and said determining that no beat point has been triggered for at least the first period of time.