skin, translucence was written to be included as part of a set of miniatures curated by the music box project for a concert with nyc's yMusic. It is inspired the translucence of skin and the way glows when permeated by light. 

Premiered at backstage@creativespace99 on the 19th August 2016 by Joe Lisk (tpt) Pete Leung (t. sax) Jane Aubourg (vln) and Joe Manton (e. bass)

(image by Chad Gerth)

skin, translucence

recorded, and premiered by the Meraki Chamber Players at Connecticut Summerfest 2017

it melted with the rain was initially inspired by the novel: The Vegetarian by Korean author, Han Kang. In particular, the title refers to an instance in which the protagonist, through what is portrayed as insane ramblings, recalls hearing a voice call to her and running to the woods to find it. Upon reaching the woods, she finds nothing, and proceeds to wait there. Nothing comes. She explains: “It melted in the rain... it all melted...”

The piece is an exploration into the perception of time passing, both in the act of listening to music, and the observation of rain. This idea is shaped by Toru Takemitsu’s article: My perception of time in traditional Japanese music; in which he attributes a sense of time to the timbre of sounds.

“The sensing of timbre is none other than the perception of succession of movement within sound. As well as being spatial in nature, this perception is of course also temporal in nature. To put it another way, timbre arises during the time in which one is listening to the shifting of
sound.”
- Toru Takemitsu
My perception of time in traditional Japanese music

it melted with the rain explores various textures and timbres that can be produced by each instrument in order to create a sense of time melting, slowing down until it is imperceptible by the listener; and furthermore, this piece aims to imitate a sense of temporal stillness that can be felt on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

artwork: yayoi kusama

it melted with the rain

“I want to swallow you, have you melt into me and flow through my veins.”

"treading a line between states of flux" explores the way that two entities interact as they move in tide-like motions, and ultimately coalesce, becoming a single entity flowing together.

this piece was written for Ensemble Mise-En, and premiered in Seoul, at <incubating_001> in December 2017.

treading a line between states of flux

Recorded by Keiko Murakami, outside Capella São Sebastião in Ponta Do Sol, Madeira at the Madeira Residency, January 2018

a structure of silences: an exploration of 間 [location: outside são sebastião, madeira]

Recorded by Keiko Murakami, inside Capella São Sebastião in Ponta Do Sol, Madeira at the Madeira Residency, January 2018

a structure of silences: an exploration of 間 [location: inside são sebastião, madeira]

Performed by Keiko Murakami with electronics, in concert at the Capella São Sebastião in Ponta Do Sol, Madeira at the Madeira Residency, January 2018

a structure of silences: an exploration of 間 [são sebastião, live performance with electronics]

Performed by Michael Matsuno with electronics, in concert in the Baird Recital Hall at the University at Buffalo, as part of June in Buffalo, June 2018

a structure of silences: an exploration of 間 [JiB festival, live performance with electronics]

if/when we meet (again) is musical framework for potential interactions and perceived points of arrival. Written for mise-en, this work encourages players and listeners to engage with finding moments of sonic encounters. The score is presented as a simple image, consisting of a roughly-drawn circular form, made up of a number of lines colliding, and diverging as it attempts to follow similar paths. The players transform this simple image, or idea, into a sonic interpretation, finding push and pull as they follow lines, and move towards, and away from each other.

Interpreted by Yumi Suehiro (piano), Sabina Torosjan (violin), Kelley Barnett (bass flute)and Josh Perry (percussion), [ensemble mise-en]

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Guwon Jeong, Yeasul Shin, Goeun Kim | Project Manager
Yeabon Jo | Sound Engineer
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