Posts Tagged ‘viola’

Here’s the recording of Orbits from the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble Concert! Featuring Amy Briggs, piano and Andrew McManus, viola. download mp3

“The crash of sound – the screeching crash of ripped metal and of pressures colliding on conflicting circuits, the sound of a monster turning upon itself – was heard only inside the structure.  No sound was heard outside.  Outside, the structure merely rose into the air, suddenly and silently, cracked open into a few large [...]

“Orbits”

Posted: July 27, 2009 in Current Projects, News
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I just completed “Orbits”, the viola and piano piece I described in my previous post.  Check out a score sample here! The tempo sequence (in beats per minute) is 100-120-80.  The transitions for the first two are: 100 to 120: eighth note quintuplets become eighths (page 3) 120 to 80: dotted quarters become quarters (pages [...]