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a place where it rains\u00a0(2027)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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a place where it rains<\/em> has its roots in a desire to explore rhythmic cycles, microtonal modulation, carefully chosen timbres with electronic extensions. Equally important for me was the idea of composing first hand: music that I would perform myself, and that meant (in contrast to the standard concert work) not to really travel: a bespoke work for an arsenal of customized instruments. The procedures of various musical traditions\u2014from West Africa to Java, the Caribbean to Southern India\u2014provide a backdrop inspiration for busy percussion textures, but none is explicitly referenced; rather, they are reimagined in a context distanced from the associations that their resonance inevitably provokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first movement, Blades + Tines<\/strong>, concentrates on the sound of pitched metallic resonance.One percussionist plays an mbira (think of it as the alto member of the family), the second plays a kalimba (soprano) attached to a marimba (bass); all three instruments feature plucked metal tuned to a quarter-tone mode shared by the Fender Rhodes. Interjections from small percussion instruments and a metal balafon are heard, first acoustically then through a unique array of eight speakers\u2014two monitors, two coffee cans, a calabash covered with bottlecaps, an overdriven guitar amp, and transducers affixed to two instruments: an autoharp and an Indian swarmandal\/tanpura. The injection of varying degrees and types of \u201cbuzz\u201d\u2014bottlecaps, overdrive, jivari bridges, bitcrushing, cymbal rivets\u2014introduces an element of noise that shades pure resonance.<\/p>\n

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The final movement, Strike + Strum<\/strong>, deals with contrasting materials: free reeds (on the melodica and harmonica) and steel strings that are hammered (santur) or gently strummed (autoharp). Again, all are retuned to a microtonal scale. Each movement builds toward a cymbal crash that triggers a moment of pure electronics, a sound file gains a layer with each appearance until a final swish triggers a minute of swirling, bit crushed cymbal resonance: an abdication of pitch and color in a final prolonged and processed wisp of noise.<\/p>\n

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a place where it rains<\/em> was commissioned by line upon line Percussion and was premiered March 3, 2027 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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