This is a live recording of the premiere by the Echo Quartet at Michigan State University.

Energy: Mvt. 2 - Electrical

Energy: Mvt. 1 - Magnetic

This is a live recording of the premiere by the Michigan State University Campus Band, directed by Daniel Kirk.

React

This is the live premiere from the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Matt Forte.

Dimensionality

Kaleidoscope was written while collaborating with violinist Catalina Barazza in 2015. This is a performance by Ari Streisfeld at New Music on the Point (http://newmusiconthepoint.com).

Kaleidoscope

This is a recording of Inesa Gegprifti, performed in Clarke Hall at the University of Miami. These three miniatures are inspired by simple aspects of nature that perhaps aren't thought about very often, though I found to evoke a strong sentiment when focused on.

Book Of Abstracts III - Wet Sand

Book Of Abstracts II - Freezing Rain

Book Of Abstracts I - Sediment

This piece was inspired by musique concréte techniques. The source material comes from an advertisement for the Edison Phonograph from 1906. The piece envisions that this device seeks to define itself and its existence, inspired by how the advertisement speaks in the first person.

Identity - 1906

Superimpose was inspired by my interest in music cognition and our perception of time and tempo. Each of the performers' parts are organized around a different meter and tempo, each with unique instruments and a shared drum in the center of the ensemble. The resulting texture creates a game in which the listener can either accept what they feel to be the most natural, stable beat, or consciously choose another part to focus on. These overlaid frameworks alternate between being individually distinct and closely knit together.

This is a recording of the premiere of the work at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. It was performed by Kathie Hsieh, David Lee, Ian Jones, and Luke Smith.

Superimpose

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Benjamin Montgomery