* JANUARY 28TH 2017 - BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART
2017 is off to a great start. I wrapped up my first concert of the year with my most experimental composition to date. The concert was at the Blanton Museum of Art which I have been going to since I was a teenager. The Blanton curates unique and inspiring music in it's gallery, so it's wonderful to partake in the tradition. For this concert, I was asked to write a new piece to go alongside works I curated for my Keep Composers Weird residency in 2016. Btw, applications are still being accepted for the 2017 residency, so if you are composer please have a look HERE. For my piece, I experimented with lights as cues for the players with the goal of exploring music in motion. I tried various ways of mixing blinking signals and using colored lights for certain cues (as seen here in rehearsals). Ultimately I ended finding a switch controller where I could manipulate the speed of blinking lights and turn lights on and off. Each player reacted different to each signal as discussed before the performance. During the performance the audience actually went inside one of the layers! I was pleased with the performance as the audience participation meet my expectations of having this be an interactive piece that gave off the feel of an installation. Performance photos and videos coming soon...
2017 is off to a great start. I wrapped up my first concert of the year with my most experimental composition to date. The concert was at the Blanton Museum of Art which I have been going to since I was a teenager. The Blanton curates unique and inspiring music in it's gallery, so it's wonderful to partake in the tradition. For this concert, I was asked to write a new piece to go alongside works I curated for my Keep Composers Weird residency in 2016. Btw, applications are still being accepted for the 2017 residency, so if you are composer please have a look HERE. For my piece, I experimented with lights as cues for the players with the goal of exploring music in motion. I tried various ways of mixing blinking signals and using colored lights for certain cues (as seen here in rehearsals). Ultimately I ended finding a switch controller where I could manipulate the speed of blinking lights and turn lights on and off. Each player reacted different to each signal as discussed before the performance. During the performance the audience actually went inside one of the layers! I was pleased with the performance as the audience participation meet my expectations of having this be an interactive piece that gave off the feel of an installation. Performance photos and videos coming soon...
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