ART MUSIC
Instrument Creation, Intense, Theatrical
The Organ of 1000 screams
This composition is comprised of an organ built from sampling the screams of numerous individuals. The percussive elements are all created from things that tend to be considered an ‘annoyance’ or anxiety inducing.
Human Insectoid suite
Musique Concrète, Gargling, Hydrophone
This piece contains three movements with the vocals all recorded with a contact microphone to the throat while singing and gargling. The first is a series of improvised vocal layers over a stochastic field of clicking generated through probability. The second is a call and response movement. The third is explosive sound design built from a hydrophone inside a balloon.
1/10th of a picture
Microtonal, Stochastic, Conceptual
If a picture paints 1000 words, then this work paints 1/10th of a picture. It is crafted from 100 randomly generated words, given randomly generated microtonal harmony across two octaves. It is an exploration of tonality and its effect on our perception of words.
You
Minimalism, Poetic, Ernest
This minimalistic palindrome of a poem demands attention and builds gently and subtly in its underscoring. As it unfolds it hangs on each word, then asks for contemplation upon retreat.
The of
Poetic, Theatrical, Radio Play
This light comic radio play has a sketch-esque introduction before a dramatic reading of the top-hundred most used words in the English language. These words are read as prose, as if crafted by dramatist with fluctuation voices varying the character of the self-devised narrative the listener is asked to create.
Etude for the Cultural Understanding of the Aria's of the East Wimbadong Sect of Tarnarian's
Fantasy. Absurd, Challenging
Fully titled ‘Etude for cultural understanding of the aria's of the East Wimbadong Sect of Tarnarian's from Southern Neptune and surrounding areas,’ this piece is designed to challenge cultural competencies and listeners definitions of musicality and song form.