bridge of Ice

ipsa abita means "she vanished" in latin, and refers to the last moments of Eurydice's life in the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus. The second movement from my work "Orpheus et Eurydice" for SATB, recorded in a joint effort by the Santa Sabina College Chamber Choir and various members of the Song Company.

The text is my own translation from Virgil's Georgics IV.

Solo by yours truly x

ipsa abita (from Orpheus et Eurydice for SATB)

dusklight was created from the acousmatic material of the flute, creating an eery yet beautiful atmospheric soundscape, suggestive of the twilight.
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dusklight

this piece, along with "the simulacrum" is entirely created through voice. it is radiophonic in style; an elusive narrator tells the allegory of the cave, a thought experiment created by Plato in his masterwork "The Republic". The narrator and its reality, accompanied by something like a chorus, grows increasingly lost in the complex echoes and soundscape of the cave.
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the cave

this piece, along with "the cave" is generated entirely through recordings of the human voice. in this work, words have become mangled beyond recognition, simulacra that tell us nothing about the original meanings spoken. Linguistic meaning has disintegrated, echoing the chaos of the world around us.
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the simulacrum

this is a fun little piece I made using cutlery, an array of alcoholic beverage bottles (aka beer and wine bottles), and some straws.

skol

*composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music.
*experimental yet hopefully beautiful sounds.
*flautist

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