branching patterns
instrumentation | string quartet
date | 2021
duration | c. 6'+
premiere | commissioned by Kronos Performing Arts for Kronos Quartet's 50 for the Future Project, premiered at Merkin Hall, 10.21.21
Netherlands Public Radio Broadcast of Kronos Quartet performing branching patterns at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
note | This past year has me focusing on sounds changing around me. Sitting long hours by windows and the fire escape brings through the patterns of the wind on leaves and the birds in their song cycles. Moments break through of spontaneous order, where the cicadas sing in waves and lines or all the layers of devices beeping and trucks wailing align into counterpoint. ‘branching patterns’ is a piece focusing on those fleeting moments, giving materials and parameters as well as a greal deal of freedom in how to the music itself (patterns & motion) might manifest. In shared beginnings yet loose ends or soloistic moments over supporting, fluctuating cycles the goal is always to be searching for the emergence of fading structures.
This work and the players are living however, so perhaps you can hold tightly as forms appear and cultivate their growth among you.
date | 2021
duration | c. 6'+
premiere | commissioned by Kronos Performing Arts for Kronos Quartet's 50 for the Future Project, premiered at Merkin Hall, 10.21.21
Netherlands Public Radio Broadcast of Kronos Quartet performing branching patterns at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
note | This past year has me focusing on sounds changing around me. Sitting long hours by windows and the fire escape brings through the patterns of the wind on leaves and the birds in their song cycles. Moments break through of spontaneous order, where the cicadas sing in waves and lines or all the layers of devices beeping and trucks wailing align into counterpoint. ‘branching patterns’ is a piece focusing on those fleeting moments, giving materials and parameters as well as a greal deal of freedom in how to the music itself (patterns & motion) might manifest. In shared beginnings yet loose ends or soloistic moments over supporting, fluctuating cycles the goal is always to be searching for the emergence of fading structures.
This work and the players are living however, so perhaps you can hold tightly as forms appear and cultivate their growth among you.