For eight part violin ensemble with any number of people on a part. In this video, the CU violin studio performs live with Carnegie Mellon University and University of South Florida over the internet via JackTrip.
Category Archive: Acoustic
Apr
03
2012
Oct
03
2011
Overtone Bonang
During my time at Mills College I had the privilege to study Javanese Gamelan with Daniel Schmidt: an amazing teacher and composer most famous for being one of the first people to bring Gamelan to the west. Additionally, Mills houses the Gamelan that Lou Harrison built while teaching there. Daniel, in addition to his aforementioned …
Mar
28
2011
Flute drones (sketch)
Here is short piece made for a memorial concert for my friend Christina Parks who died recently. I recorded myself playing the first 7 partials of the low B and C# and the first 6 of the low F# of the flute, all in just intonation, composed with only those pitches, and run them through …
Feb
21
2009
Pulses
Pulses (2009) for Bonang Pelog, Electric Guitar, Pentachord, and Contrabass explores the unique timbral qualities of the gamelan and a long string instrument mixed with more “traditional” instruments. The string instruments play only natural harmonics in order to match the Just Intonation tuning of the bonang. The Pentachord is a long string instrument built by Cole …
Mar
21
2008
Third Transmutation
Third Transmutation (2008) is a djembe solo written to emphasize the rich timbral qualities of the drum. Through a progression of gradually changing rhythms, dynamics, and tones, a wash of overtones is created. Third Transmutation (excerpt)