FACES OF SOUND
Faces of Sound (2006-present) is a series of scored works for adhoc ensemble improvisation featuring the use of social geometry and chain reaction processes.
Over the years these works have involved home-made instruments (tree branch chimes, rain ice percussion), global instruments (Indonesian angklung, Peruvian ocarinas), electronic and Western acoustic instruments. The compositional process uses geometry to arrange players (and sounds) in space. Through a chain reaction process the players improvise with the score sound-by-sound. Ring Works, a group of four pieces ("Ice Ring," "Wind Ring, "Reed Ring," and "Mood Ring"), was inspired by the science of rhythmic entrainment and focused on musically repetative circular forms. Homeomeria is a series of three works ("alation," "whorl," and "frond") that was inspired by botanical patterns and more dynamic musical forms. I have also found inspiration in the fields of crystallography, African village design, and various traditions of esotericism. Each work is its own creature--you can hear it breathing.
Over the years these works have involved home-made instruments (tree branch chimes, rain ice percussion), global instruments (Indonesian angklung, Peruvian ocarinas), electronic and Western acoustic instruments. The compositional process uses geometry to arrange players (and sounds) in space. Through a chain reaction process the players improvise with the score sound-by-sound. Ring Works, a group of four pieces ("Ice Ring," "Wind Ring, "Reed Ring," and "Mood Ring"), was inspired by the science of rhythmic entrainment and focused on musically repetative circular forms. Homeomeria is a series of three works ("alation," "whorl," and "frond") that was inspired by botanical patterns and more dynamic musical forms. I have also found inspiration in the fields of crystallography, African village design, and various traditions of esotericism. Each work is its own creature--you can hear it breathing.
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Faces of Sound [logo]
Ring Works (2006)
Homeomeriae (2008)
"Turning Corners" (2006)
Phyllotaxis study (2008)
"Whorl" homeometric geometry
Sketch for "Whorl" 1
Sketch for "Whorl" 2
Social geometry for "Ice Ring" (2006)
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Rainwater ice percussion instrument [adapted mason jar]
Logo for "Mood Ring" (2006)
Social geometry for "Mood Ring" (2006)
Sketch for Ostrava Days
Social geometry for "Candle" (2006)
Social geometry for "Wind Ring" (2006)
Social geometry for "Chain of Being"
Social geometry for "Reed Ring" (2006)
Kollodi Nishimoto and Matt Marble (2006)
Jonathan Sielaff (2006)
Live performance of "Reed Ring" II
David Hirvonen and Lindsay Kaplan performing "Mood Ring" (2006)
