Stretches II is the second piece from a series of compositions for Gametrak controller and Max/MSP. The series was first developed in collaboration with Swansea Laptop Orchestra in Ty Cerdd’s CoDI ELECTRONIC project. The composition explores a delicate sound world of white noise with multiple band-pass filters and technological translation of physical movements into sounds. With the gestural device, individual filtered noise is gradually layered on top of one another to form sounds with more distinct timbres. Sound masses are sent to different speakers and present the audience with rich electroacoustic sonorities that eventually fade into a single sustained band of white noise. 

Gametrak controller: Poumpak Charuprakorn

Live recorded in Cardiff University Composition Showcase 2019 (Cardiff, Wales)

Stretches II

Poumpak Charuprakorn, a Thai composer whose interests lie in both instrumental composition and electronics, obtained his first degree at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) under the guidance of Dr Narongrit Dhamabutra and Dr Weerachat Premananda. He later studied with Dr Harris Kittos and Dr Jonathan Cole and received his Master of Music in Composition from the Royal College of Music (London). He has also had lessons with Nicola Lefanu, Simone Movio, Nicolas Tzortzis, Jorge Grossman, Lei Liang, and Stefano Gervasoni. His compositions have been read and performed in Thailand, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the United Kingdom which also offered him the opportunities to work with many professional musicians and ensembles, for example Sara Minelli (flute), Mieko Kanno (violin), Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Sarah Dacey (soprano), Gwenllian Llyre (harp), Ensemble Suono Giallo, Carducci Quartet, and the Riot Ensemble. He recently participated in ilSuono Academy of Young Composers 2017 (Citta di Castello, Italy), Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival 2018, Bangor Music Festival 2019, and Toronto Contemporary Music Lab 2019. Poumpak, supported by the Office of Higher Education Commission of Thailand, has recently obtained a PhD in Composition at Cardiff University under the supervision of Prof Arlene Sierra. Poumpak is currently a lecturer at Silpakorn University in Thailand.

Stretches II

Poumpak Charuprakorn

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