MUSIC - ELECTROACOUSTIC

firelight synthonia
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Flames are mesmerizing. There is an ancient familiarity deep within me that is awakened as I sit by a fire. In this short video music work, I have created a miniature that explores this concept within the course of only one minute. The work portrays both the ambiance generated by firelight, as well as the deep stirrings I feel as I stare into the flames. I imagine being consumed by the fire’s primordial power, as knowledge, reason, and order give way to more primal thought processes.

Ouroboros
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Birth-young-old-death, summer-fall-winter-spring, breakfast-lunch-dinner, wash-rinse-repeat – our lives are filled with cycles. The primordial serpent Ouroboros continues to gnaw upon its own tail. This work explores the cyclical nature of the human experience. It is comprised of three sections. In each, a rhythmic figure is held captive by its own repetitions. It tries to escape from this form, but each time it fails. Concurrently, a free and seemingly improvisatory rhythmic figure is juxtaposed to it. In the middle section, the roles of these gestures are reversed. The freedom of the one becomes subjugated by the cyclic nature of the other. By conquering its rival, the cyclic voice gains some measure of freedom, however this liberation is both limited and fleeting. In the final section, both voices merge. In embracing their cyclical spirit, neither voice dominates the other. For a time, neither tries to break from the cycle. The stability of consonance and invariable repetitions are soothing at first, but they soon become tedious. The first cyclic voice reasserts itself, assuming its original form. The work concludes as it began. The listener is freed from his or her experience of this affair, though the piece continues eternally until the death of the universe, when the cycle begins anew at its rebirth.

Roboface in Space - "Happy Made-Day"
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This short piece is the last portion of a larger work. It depicts the trials of a lonely robot who courageously seeks to find companionship in his solitary world.