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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)

1977 年，人类向宇宙发射了“旅行者1号”与“旅行者2号”两艘宇宙飞船，在两艘飞船上各带有一张名为“地球之音”的铜质镀金激光唱片，唱片内收录了用以表述地球上各种文化及生命的声音及图像，承载了人类与宇宙建立起沟通的美好希望。作品以此为灵感，通过音乐的语言带领听众以旅行者号的视角出发一同去感受宇宙的浩瀚与瑰丽，表达了对人类探索精神的歌颂。作品的电子音乐部分主要使用了“地球之音”唱片中的内容与吉他演奏技法的采样作为基本材料进行发展，吉他写作则主要使用了轮扫、泛音拍弦与滑奏等演奏技法，二者共同描绘出旅行者号在宇宙中航行并与星球进行交流对话的幻想场景。


旅行者之歌

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Daryl Buckley, electric lap steel guitar
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旅行者之歌

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