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Very often, it seems, my music takes on a life of its own. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when I started this composition but it didn’t take long for the piece to decide what it wanted to be. The sources of the tape part are not important. The inspiration for the …
The piece is in four sections, each touching upon the four main elements: wind, fire, water, and earth. The pre-recorded part is largely ambient and the piece can be performed without it. My interest in mixing the four elements together lies mostly in the moments of transition from one element to another. I promise that …
These four short pieces are an outlet for my newfound interest in improvisation. Since the tape part for these pieces will not change it made sense to me to have a piano part that would always be different. The first piece uses short rhythmic gestures and drones. The second miniature is rough and aggressive in …
This is a three movement work for ethnic flute soloist and fixed electronics. Each movement is based on a dream that I remember (I rarely remember dreams). This is a live performance done by Laura Patterson at Electronic Music Midwest in 2010. 1. Spider The first dream I remember was when I was 5 or …
Mercurial is a journey that highlights the soloist’s ability to blend into a wide variety of sonic landscapes. The piece begins with low droning flute sounds and once the soloist is comfort- able in that setting, the scene changes abruptly. Noisy beats take over the piece and push the soloist to adapt to the new …