Is This Clear 

In this composition, there are many contrasting sounds within the structure that represents an atmosphere in a classroom. Some of the most common sound elements in the work would be the zippers from a backpack, turning of pages from a book and a recorded class lecture. The main recording that is used throughout the piece is derived from my undergraduate Biology class. The other sound elements are recordings from a train station and people walking in a courtyard.

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Is this Clear

Inception

The Event Horizon

          This piano solo, is comprised of two movements, movement one consists of a single tone-row that is limited to the fixed octaves of the piano. As the progression is played by the pianist, each note of the previous progression is not to be played again. At the end of the composition, the pianist will have used every note of the piano. The first movement is inspired by Morton Feldman and the use of creative space that he places in his music. The second movement attempts to capture the form of a Bach prelude. The tone row that is used in the movement is directly derived from the first movement with the minor 2nd being a very prevalent interval throughout the movement.

Pianist: Patrick Hutchison

The Event Horizon Movement One

The Event Horizon

          This piano solo, is comprised of two movements, movement one consists of a single tone-row that is limited to the fixed octaves of the piano. As the progression is played by the pianist, each note of the previous progression is not to be played again. At the end of the composition, the pianist will have used every note of the piano. The first movement is inspired by Morton Feldman and the use of creative space that he places in his music. The second movement attempts to capture the form of a Bach prelude. The tone row that is used in the movement is directly derived from the first movement with the minor 2nd being a very prevalent interval throughout the movement.

Pianist:  Patrick Hutchison

The Event Horizon Movement Two

The Peace Within

Throughout the four movements of this composition, I utilized many different composition styles which include pointillism, aleatoric music, pitch class set theory, tonality and atonality. The essence of this quartet is the battle between atonality and tonality coming to a head in the fourth movement. The frantic noises of the quartet morph over the course of the composition into a more solidified sound by the fourth movement which concludes with the clashing of tonality and atonality.

Conductor- Pyeongkang Park  
Violin One-Brian Le
Violin Two-Cameron Richardson 
Viola-Miranda Mcafee
Cello-Daniel Greene

The Peace Within Movement Four

The Peace Within Movement Three

The Peace Within Movement Two

The Peace Within Movement One

Reflections of the Fragmented Umbra, 

In this composition, I tried to show the importance of the silences (space) within the music. To help to explore the universe of space within music I relied on a music style that I found very interesting. The style of this composition is pointillism. Pointillism is a style that requires the music to have sharp dynamics changes from loud to soft, and the melody phrase that consists of groups of notes rather than a cohesive melodic phrase. As for the harmony of this composition, I wanted to utilize atonally with a center pitch of a tritone. The text for this composition came from Edgar Allen Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream.

Singer: Baritone, Brian Bonin
pianist: Patrick Hutchison

Reflections Of The Fragmented Umbra

The Unknown Destination

In this composition, the main subject displays two polar opposite musical ideas that are slowly progressing to one unit. In the event of this progression there is a counter reaction that is revealed between the performers in the work. Within the composition, there are different dimensions of time that are prevalent in the work. 

Oboe: Quinten Hansen 
Piano: Luis Gouvêa de Oliveira

The Unknown Destination

SideWays 

The idea for this composition started in the summer of 2018 for the Rapido competition. The work was originally composed for flute, clarinet and cello. After several revisions of this work I found it more suitable with tenor saxophone. The composition had a slight dance quality throughout the work and also displays the counter motive of a minor second. 

Flute: Chris Kowalewski 
Clarinet: Ian Hardemon
Tenor saxophone: Doug Tiller

SideWays

Ever since picking up the euphonium I have performed with various prestigious ensembles. I am currently studying composition in order to one day write for films.

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