Study no. 48 [catalog1]
Description
In this work, a sense of active stasis is achieved through the arbitrary but explicit temporality of closely but irregularly concatenated sonic events, each player operating autonomously, any apparent coordination no more than a chance occurrence. In preparation, each player constructs a catalogue of 15 distinct, primarily unpitched sonic events, each event corresponding to a single node in each player’s respective notational aggregate. When the attack cursor reaches a node, the corresponding event is activated by the player. The duration of the piece is arbitrarily practical.
Keywords
art, performance, sound, music, Decibel, scale variable
Output Type
Performance
Publisher
Tura New Music & Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
RAS ID
20526
Additional Information
Study no. 48 [catalog1] was composed by Ryan Ross Smith and performed as part of Anime, Concert 3 of the Scale Variable 2015 series, at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts on 5 September 2015.
DECIBEL ENSEMBLE
Cat Hope: Artistic Director, flute, bass, electronics
Lindsay Vickery: reeds, composition, score design, electronics
Stuart James: piano, percussion, composition, electronics, MaxMSP, spatialisation
Tristen Parr: violoncello
Aaron Wyatt: violin/viola, iOS programming
Louise Devenish: percussion
Sound Design: Johannes Mulder
Technical Assistants: Laura Halligan, Jean-Michel Maujean
Comments
Hope, C., Vickery, L., James, S., Parr, T., Wyatt, A., & Devenish, L. (2015). Study no. 48 [catalog1]. Perth, Western Australia: Tura New Music, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
https://decibelnewmusic.com/event/anime/