Suona - Kwan Leung LING
Trombone - Paul Berlinsky
Euphonium - Ian Lester
Percussions, Flute and Guitar - Austin Engelhardt

Tunnel Improvisation

The New England Conservatory of Music's Orchestra's Reading of "Rain on a Thin Metal Roof" on May 3, 2023

Rain On A Thin Metal Roof

Indie, Alternative song with female vocal.

Charming Journey

Wavering Echoes (Orchestral Piece Mockup)

Strings of Anxiety

I sampled my stationaries and kitchenware to design the drum and texture sounds of the track.

Tropical

Ran Blake: piano
Rossana Acosta: oboe

With the sun in my eyes, I squeeze the pain that feeds my tears.

Spheric tears, like the sun, spheric tears, burn and hurt my eyes.

The poet wrote: you’re black as hell and darker than the night.
The rocker sang: you’re made of spade, no, no, 
I’ll never win that pocket game with your bony friend, oh no.

From that sun, dressed in bright greens amazing solar rays,
You parachuted, humming a sweet sarabande.

With your tongue, that can sedate, my spheric tears, spinned’em all over my cheeks,
And played with them a cricket, euphoric and silent match.

The poet wrote: you’re black as hell and much, much, darker than the night.
And now, at least I’ve got, your sarabande,
Play it Sam, forever again.

03 Wende (Ran Blake)

The Drone is human 
And remember, so are you
Talk to each other

For percussion & feedback

"Talk to Each Other" is a collaborative work for percussion and feedback, created by myself and Michael Calamas. The piece explores the interaction of two parallel feedback systems operating on distinct but interconnected levels—one acoustic and one conceptual.

At the core of the piece are two literal feedback loops. The first is a traditional electronic feedback loop formed between a microphone and a speaker. The second runs through a snare drum: a transducer is placed atop the drumhead, with a microphone positioned beneath. While the electronic loop functions uninterrupted, the acoustic loop is in a constant state of disruption—shaped by the percussionist’s playing, which agitates the drum and alters the resonant space within the loop.

On a metaphorical level, the work creates a feedback loop of decision-making and response. Each sound produced by the performer is fed back into the system, transformed, and reintroduced into the acoustic environment. This evolving sonic landscape, in turn, influences the performer’s next choices. The result is a recursive process—an ongoing conversation between the performer and the system, between intention and reaction.

Talk To Each Other

Austin Engelhardt

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