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Jouer is an immersive composition for amplified soprano saxophone and electronics that explores sounds associated with “play”—sports, balls bouncing or being hit, playground and amusement park sounds, sounds of various children’s toys, balloons, video games, swimming pool games, trampolines, casinos, racetrack sounds, and much more. The electronics lead the listener through various soundscapes associated with the theme, while the saxophone part interacts with the evolving timbres and unifies the various sound worlds. 

Reid composed the piece at Yaddo and MacDowell as part of her Guggenheim Fellowship. The piece was composed for Kyle Hutchins and the Cube at Virginia Tech.

Performance by Kyle Hutchins.

Jouer

This piece was inspired by a 'broken' CD player, which generated random noise and a few sporadic electric hums. The composer regards this machine as a unique and unpredictable instrument with a loop sound. Additionally, the process o f deviation from playback'stimeline, that is produced between mechanical noise andplayback music, lets the composer imagine that this machine is like an old Music Box.
The deviation from a linear progression and tension created by the non-linear movements, along with the resulting sounds and patterns. lead to aloop-like structure that departs from the regular flow of time. The title "Deviation" refers to this basic structure, which is derived from the broken CD-Player. This music consists of 5 instruments, apiano quintet(a piano and string quartet), a typicalclassical instrumental combination, along with fixed electronic sound. The composer brings this sound combination to the testhumorously with timbraland structural possibilities.
The composition is divided into seven parts, including an introduction.The sound is composed of electronic distortions and quotations from variousclassical pieces. To select the musical materials, thecomposer asked ChatGPT (OpenAI) to recommend the greatestchamber music in history,that could be a silly or complexquestion in many fields,and critically evaluated the Al's suggestions including the criteria used byvarious classical music magazines, such as Classic FM, Classicalmusiconly, and Talkclassical.
The selected fragments of music were distorted or integrated into the composition, and include works by well-known composers such as R.Schubert, E.Satie, A. Vivaldi, M.Ravel, C.Debussy, and L.V.Beethoven. The quoted pieces also include rock music fromt h e90s band "Nirvana' and classicalcrossover music performed byAndrea Bocelli.
To apply this diverse popularmusic beyond genre reflects the concerns of the composer regarding the tension between universalized and individualized society that could arise in the age ofrapid technological advancement and information gathering. Below is a detailed listof the musical materials used in the composition, whether quoted or transformed.
Performed by ensemble TIMF in Seoul, South Korea 2023

Deviation for piano quintet and fixed electronics(2023)

该作品为幻听类电子音乐，主要使用了侗族大歌与口弦琴的原声采样作为基 本素材创作而成。作品主要利用了 GRM Tools 的效果器插件以及 Ableton Live 的内置效果器插件对声音进行处理，以电子音乐的手法描绘了旅人误入西南的山 林听见远处传来若隐若现的歌声，随着歌声在密林中不断穿梭前行后来到歌声所 在的村落与居民们一同歌舞狂欢的场景。

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Daryl Buckley, electric lap steel guitar
Storey Hall, RMIT University, September 21, 2016

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