Room

Premiered by the Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet on April 17th, 2017 at Poncho Concert Hall

Artwork by Eliza Peterson

Quartet for One Vibraphone (2017)

A Portrait is for string orchestra, harp and electric guitar. 

Premiered on April 26th, 2017 by Scrape at Poncho Concert Hall

Artwork by Eliza Peterson

A Portrait (2017)

Premiered on December 8th 2017 at Poncho Concert Hall in Seattle, WA by the Quince Ensemble

Program Note: "While I was writing this piece I was very interested in composing for the voice in a way that was reminiscent of my electronic music. Similarly, I was interested in the relationship between an electronic inspired spatial texture and a more traditional chorale texture; how they might juxtapose each other, and where there were opportunities for them to mesh."

A Moment In Eclipse (2017)

“the noises of the garden among the noises of the room.” 
- Aram Saroyan, 1968 
… 
Among the Noises of the Room is a multimedia electroacoustic work fixed media, live electronics, and piano, in conjunction with film. Continuing an exploration of compositional style I have found much inspiration in, this piece utilizes manipulated field recordings in pair with live instruments and purely electronic sounds. 

While writing this piece, I was interested in the role solitude plays in creating, or altering, one’s sense of self. Particularly I was interested in forced isolation, such as in the cases of solitary confinement prisoners; as they have lived a life amongst others and now have been sentenced to isolation. Complete isolation must drastically change a person; how they perceive themselves, their landscape, and the sounds that surround them. Prisoners have described their life in terms of routine, anxiety, and intense seclusion; I was intent on exploring these emotions in this piece. 

In an introspective manner, I was interested in my own relationship with isolation; how my perception of self changes in relation to the spaces I inhabit. 

***This is a realization of this piece only with electronics. 

Premiered at Poncho Concert Hall in Seattle, WA on March 22nd, 2018

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composer | multi-instrumentalist | improviser

currently studying Music Composition at Cornish College of the Arts

Alessandro Rovegno