Upcoming Performance – SEAMUS 2010 National Conference – St. Cloud, MN
Posted on 3 January 2010 | No responses
My work Pathfinder was selected for performance at the SEAMUS 2010 25th Anniversary National Conference at St. Cloud State University on April 8, 9, and 10. Visit the conference website here for more info. See you there!
Upcoming Performance – NoiseFloor Festival – Stafford, England
Posted on 3 January 2010 | No responses
My work Pathfinder has been chosen for diffusion in one of the Saturday concerts (1.16) of the NoiseFloor Festival. Check out their site for more info.
Upcoming Performance – UIUC Composers Concert – Urbana, IL
Posted on 13 October 2009 | No responses
A stereo version of my new 5.1 work Contrapture will be premiered on Sunday, Oct. 18th at 5pm at Smith Hall on the UIUC campus. The concert is organized by Dee Reddy and will feature some of his music as well as the music of Scott Rubin, Kurt Werner, Matt Thomas, and Jinok Cho. Here is a link to the concert flyer.
Contrapture
Posted on 12 October 2009 | Comments Off
2009
Contrapture (2009), electroacoustic music designed for 5.1 surround, draws inspiration from a variety of noisy devices or machines: airplanes, typewriters, printing presses, and others. The title originates with a verbal mishap that I heard once; I’m still not sure if the intended word was contraption or capture. In either case, this work resonates with both words due to the sounds sources and the various processes used in its creation.
Contrapture was composed with Grace (an algorithmic composition environment by Taube), Csound, AudioSculpt, and Protools. This work was realized in the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Upcoming Performance – Electroacoustic Juke Joint – Cleveland, MS
Posted on 14 September 2009 | No responses
My 5.1 work Pathfinder was selected to be presented at this year’s Electroacoustic Juke Joint Festival, to be held November 12-14 at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. It is looking like November will be a busy month for travel. More details to come…
Upcoming Performance – Electronic Music Midwest – Kansas City, KS
Posted on 12 August 2009 | No responses
My 5.1 work Pathfinder was selected to be presented at this year’s Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held November 5-7 at the Kansas City Kansas Community College. More details to come…
Upcoming Performance – Concert of New Music – Urbana, IL
Posted on 16 April 2009 | No responses
I will be playing my new work Cypher, for solo trumpet, at an upcoming concert organized by Kyle Rowan. The concert will feature the works by UIUC composers: Pin Hsin Lin, Quinn Collins, Steve Lett, Halim Beere, Leon Harrel, Shin-Young Aum, Kyle Rowan, and myself.
Date: 4-22
Time: 7:30
Location: UIUC Campus, Smith Hall, Memorial Room
Pathfinder
Posted on 7 April 2009 | Comments Off
2009
Pathfinder, electroacoustic music designed for 5.1 surround, draws inspiration from all the relatively small sounds that are made as we move through this world. The grating of rocks under foot, the crush of leaves, and the sounds of tree limbs snapping are among the sound sources used. The work is primarily concerned with motion, pace, obstacles, and points of arrival.
Pathfinder was composed with Grace (an algorithmic composition environment by Taube), Csound, Protools, and Max/MSP. This work was realized in the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Cypher
Posted on 26 March 2009 | Comments Off
2009
Cypher, for solo trumpet, is one of a series of works focusing on subtle ratios of time and the goal of obscuring the perception of 1:1. These ratios (for example – 1:1, 7:6, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 5:3, 7:4, 11:6, 2:1; or 12:12, 14:12, 15:12, 16:12, 18:12, 20:12, 21:12, 22:12, and 24:12) are approached by means of a loose system of situation based rules. Cypher – a secret method of writing, as by transposition or substitution of letters, specially formed symbols, or the like; writing done in such a method; a coded message; or the key to a secret method of writing.
Cypher was composed with Grace an algorithmic composition environment by Taube.
Upcoming Performance – New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
Posted on 28 February 2009 | No responses
My work Absolute Zero has been accepted at the New York City Eletroacoustic Music Festival to be held on April 2th – 4th.