This recording is of the premiere by Lori Freedman at Ithaca College's Hockett Recital Hall in Spring '17. Written for & dedicated to Lori with my deepest gratitude, STOCHASM features a modular form & explores compositional analogues to improvisation such as chance/indeterminacy, stochastic processes, and automatic writing.

STOCHASM for bass clarinet

First in a series of pieces for electric guitar exploring the instrument's timbral possibilities using nonstandard implements (ex. paintbrush, screwdriver)and sampling. This recording is of a performance in February 2016.

Composition Recital 2/28

Augoeides I

performed April 23, 2018
Jason Eldridge, electric guitar & electronics
Nicky Young, live mix

In July 2017 I traveled to the Scottish highlands on a grant from Ithaca College to begin work on a series of pieces inspired by the acoustics of disused underground oil tanks located in Inchindown. This site is currently the world-record holder for longest reverberation, as established by acoustician Trevor Cox. As such, this piece for solo guitar utilizes extended reverb times as well as sound spatialization (4 speakers placed throughout the concert hall + 1 onstage amplifier) to attempt to recreate the sensation of being washed over by sound. This particular performance serves as a sort of proof-of-concept for a long-term project which is likely to take at least two years to fully complete. The spatialization aspect, which in the future will be automated, was handled live for this performance with the assistance of Nikki Young.
The piece is also represents the second entry in a series called Augoeides, which focuses on extended techniques for the guitar.

Augoeides II [Inchindown Study]

Performed April 23, 2018
Esther Witherell, violin

senza misura

wither (2017) by Jason Balthazar Eldridge (USA, 1987)
for clarinet and violin
Commissioned by the VIPA Festival for Ensemble Interface
Premiered June 30, 2017 in Valencia, Spain
Recording Engineer/Mixed by Jason Thorpe Buchanan

Ensemble Interface
Andrea Nagy, clarinets
Guillaume Faraut, violin

PROGRAM NOTES & BIO:
'wither' depicts a process of unraveling which, once initiated, occurs intractably and very rapidly. While the instruments begin in unison, the seeds of this rupture – which is to become all-consuming – are present from the start. This disintegration can be interpreted as physical, psychological, or spiritual. This piece was composed for ensemble Interface at the Valencia International Performance Academy & Festival (VIPA) 2017, with my utmost gratitude.

jbalthazar