amplify | augment
instrumentation | inner quartet: violin, piano & transducer/theremin, vocals and overtone flute, santür // outer quartet: prepared & amplified guitar, percussion, cello, clarinet
date | 2018
duration | at least 7'
premiere | May 19th, 2018 by BCCE players, composers, and alumni at Chamber Music Grab III at New Music Gathering 2018
note | 'amplify | augment interacts with an alternative narrative of imperialism and structural oppression with an engagement with visibility and music-making as an act of freedom. Inspired by the idea of manifesting active listening and facilitation of marginalized voices in social justice/progressive spaces, the inner quartet (poc) leads with a freedom of artistic choice and interactions. The outer quartet (white) listens, continues ideas, and eventually creates spaces for the inner quartet to more freely explore and speak.'
date | 2018
duration | at least 7'
premiere | May 19th, 2018 by BCCE players, composers, and alumni at Chamber Music Grab III at New Music Gathering 2018
note | 'amplify | augment interacts with an alternative narrative of imperialism and structural oppression with an engagement with visibility and music-making as an act of freedom. Inspired by the idea of manifesting active listening and facilitation of marginalized voices in social justice/progressive spaces, the inner quartet (poc) leads with a freedom of artistic choice and interactions. The outer quartet (white) listens, continues ideas, and eventually creates spaces for the inner quartet to more freely explore and speak.'