Tracings for flute and live electronics explores the changing timbral qualities of single notes and the way that this can be combined to create shifting textures. In a way it reveals how simplicity can harness great colouristic potential in regards to sound, but also creates a warm and aesthetic wash of sound.

This piece traces some of the ideas presented in Takemitsu’s article One Sound as well as in his perception of sound: 

The perception of sound, while depending on its strength, duration and pitch, is actually influenced more fundamentally by the characteristic of sound that takes as its composite factors all of these and yet is larger than their sum, that of timbre.

My perception of time in traditional Japanese music
Toru Takemitsu

It explores these ideas in the context of flute and electronics, uncovering the timbral nuances of each gesture in the live flute and combining these to create a sound world that changes in extremely subtle ways. 

Performed by Jeremy Tatar

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Described as ‘haunting’, ‘enigmatic’, and ‘inspired’, the music of Australian-born, US-based composer Samantha Wolf inhabits the space between the classical, contemporary, acoustic and electroacoustic worlds, while being grounded in the notated tradition. Her practice encompasses solo, chamber, choral, band and orchestral works, interdisciplinary collaborations, theatrical sound design, and electroacoustic works that incorporate noise, speech, and found sounds. 

Samantha has worked with many of Australia’s leading new music ensembles, including the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Elision, Ensemble Offspring, The Song Company, the Horsley Williams Duo, Rubiks Collective, and Kupka’s Piano. Her music has been performed around Australia and internationally, including at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music (Germany), soundSCAPE Festival (Italy), Impuls Academy (Austria),  Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (USA), and locally at the Brisbane New Music Festival, Metropolis New Music Festival, the ANAM Set, Tilde New Music Festival, and the 2high Festival. Her music has been broadcast on ABC Classic FM, 3MBS, PBS and 4MBS, and featured by Making Waves, Partial Durations, Collective Soundwaves, and ABC’s New Waves podcast. An avid writer, Samantha’s articles have been published by Resonate, CutCommon and Rehearsal Magazine. Samantha holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, the University of Melbourne, and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Samantha is represented by the Australian Music Centre.

Sydney based Composer

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Corrina Bonshek (b 1977) is a Australian composer whose music has been described as ‘beautifully shaped and contemplative’ (Clare MacClean, 2013) and ‘deeply spiritual in intent’ (Anne Boyd, 2002). She has a PhD in Contemporary Arts from Western Sydney University.

Hello there, my name is Ed and here is some music that came from my head!

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Alexis Weaver is an electronic composer based in Sydney, Australia. She has composed soundtracks for animation, film, short stories, radio, theatre and dance.

Living and creating on Gadigal and Wangal Land.

Photo @kopi_su_studios

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