"Tooth Necklace" 
composed by: Stephen Ryan Jackson
performed by: Catchfire Collective

www.stephenryanjackson.com

gnawing || chewing || tearing || grinding || consuming
{this piece is meant to recreate that distinct sensation}

Tooth Necklace takes inspiration in the act of consumption (both metaphorical and literal). The rhythms and timbres are taken from transcribing source recordings of chewing and swallowing and the resultant texture is orchestrated almost hocket-like throughout the ensemble. The unrelenting nature of the music creates this image in my mind where the ensemble functions as some imaginary creature or being that is consuming the audience.

"Tooth Necklace" was commissioned by Catchfire Collective and was performed and recorded at Tennessee Tech University on April 1, 2021.

©2021 Stephen Ryan Jackson

Tooth Necklace (2020) - for chamber ensemble [Catchfire Collective]

For piano, electronics, and lights
Written for "Identity Through Sound" project

Piano: Zaira Castillo

Piano Audio: Casey O'Neal

Work published by BabelScores, Paris, France

For it is Our First Universe

Written for the Musicians Auditory Perception (MAP) Research Project
for violin, and electronics

Violin: Jeanne Côté

Audio: Recorded with MS-EHB-2-Sound Professionals-ultra low noise ear-hook binaural microphones by Jeanne Côté 
Mix and Mastering: Pedram Diba

Work published by BabelScores, Paris, France

ACTOR publication:
https://timbreandorchestration.org/writings/project-reports/musicians-auditory-perception

As Close As Breath

released through Æther Sound:
https://aethersound.bandcamp.com/album/bliss
youtu.be/iZkm8T6MiUw

mastered by Jesse Whitney
visuals by Sarah Swimmer

18 Feb 2022

bliss (excerpt)

Improvisation set on my modular synth and tape at the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum organized by Non-Event.  

4-channel Spatialization

Waterworks Museum; live set

زن زندگی آزادی

"skin, echo, memory, marrow" was premiered in March 2022 by the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble at Northwestern University, conducted by Donald Nally.

The piece contains only 12 different words:
deluminesce
dysmorphic
echolalia
glossophagia
gossamer
marrow
memory
nowhere
remain
skin
sorrow
sulphur

The words are broken up into small units of sound, sometimes sub-syllabic, and presented in combination and juxtaposition, reducing the words to sound objects that can be compared and layered.

skin, echo, memory, marrow

binaural_triptych_1_01 (for headphones)

Original music written for the Oregonian's podcast "The Unidentifieds". Podcast can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unidentifieds/id1581899621

Theme from The Unidentifieds

For orchestra and electronics
Commissioned by IRCAM and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France;
Conductor: Pascal Rophé;
Electronics developed in collaboration at IRCAM with Etienne Démoulin;
Electronic part performed by Etienne Démoulin;
Recording engineer: Luca Bagnoli
Live recording at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique as part of Manifeste 2023;
Date: June 23, 2023.

"T   O       R             N" is an exploration of various psychological and emotional states resulting from inner and outer conflicts, namely the state of uprootedness, while longing and yet, failing to put down roots elsewhere, or the sense of uncertainty, predicament, and hollowness caused by personal or collective traumas; experiences that can haunt us for long periods of time, if not permanently…
The piece navigates continuity, interruption and the space between them. Within larger continuous sections, smaller segments with timbral, harmonic, gestural, and dynamic contrast invade the space and create fissures. These fissures may provide a temporary release from the preceding tension, while retaining residues from the previous section, and simultaneously, bearing the initial traces of the
upcoming section. At times, the electronics are treated as a magnifying mirror that echo and expand the orchestra. In other cases, they defy it as a disruptive force with contrasting dynamic or timbral qualities.

Image: "Silence" by Johann Heinrich Füssli

T   O       R             N

make me uncomfortable.

Composer | Educator | Saxophonist | Dingus

make me uncomfortable.

Aidan Ramsay

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