'A Moment' is a piece composed for spoken word.
This text was composed to encourage relaxation and to give the listener a chance to re-centre themselves.

Voice: 
Catherine Mole

Editing: 
Catherine Mole

A Moment

Two performers each take a roll of tape and simultaneously wrap it around both of their bodies. They pause to catch their breath, then try to break free from the tape. The title Tape Piece evokes 20th Century avant-garde electronic music produced using magnetic audio tape. But this performance playfully recasts those complex rhythms and sounds using entirely physical means, as two performers use ordinary household tape to create an ever-changing choreographic musical work that fully integrates movement and sound. Their dance creates purely acoustic sounds that are beautiful and compelling, yet could quite easily be replicated by the audience at home, encouraging mindfulness of everyday beauty in the listener. Tape Piece has been performed around the world, from Florida, Arizona, Ohio and California in the United States, to London, Dublin, Paris, Bruges and Berlin in Europe. It has been performed by leading contemporary music ensembles of the new generation such as soundinitiative, On Structure, Mocrep, Bastard Assignments, Kirkos, and An Assembly. This version was recorded directly onto magnetic tape and duplicated using analogue reproduction techniques, completely bypassing digital technology. It was release on limited-edition cassette in 2020.

Tape Piece

Student composer and creator studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

A Moment

Catherine Mole

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