Live premiere of Part 1 of "One Day as a Thousand Years," performed by R. Andrew Lee at Washington State University. November 13, 2017. A complete recording is available from Irritable Hedgehog Music: irritablehedgehog.bandcamp.com

Ordinary Time II 0:00-2:16
Advent 2:16-7:28
Nativity 7:28-12:42
Epiphany 12:42-16:07
Ordinary Time I 16:07-19:07

"One Day As a Thousand Years" is a work for piano and electronics, cast in two large sections following the Christian liturgical calendar. The church year is cast in two broad arches, centered on the two pivotal mysteries of the Incarnation and the Resurrection. The first flows from Advent through the Nativity to Epiphany, the second from Lent through Holy Week and Easter to Pentecost. Beyond their particular Christological import, what unites them is a shared structure: a period of waiting, followed by a crisis point of Divine action, and finally an expansion into the world. In the Incarnation, the "local" Divine event of Christ's Nativity takes on universal significance in the celebration of Epiphany, which proclaims his birth as not only for the salvation of Israel, but for all the world. Likewise the Resurrection, which finds its universalized expansion in Pentecost, the descent of the Spirit on a small band of followers who then carry it out into the world. The symmetry and union of these two spans is deepened by their focus on birth: the birth of God as a human being in the Nativity, and the resurrected Christ as "first born of the dead" –– the former as the Divine becomes man, the latter as the way is opened for man to become Divine.

One Day as a Thousand Years

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One Day as a Thousand Years, Part 1: Advent–Nativity–Epiphany (premiere performance)

Composer, percussionist, and guitarist. Ears wide open. Recently a professor of composition and music theory at Washington State University, currently catching my breath.

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Composer/songwriter. Musician. Lyricist. Producer. Engineer. Crypto-mythologist.
Sound/Literary/Visual Artist. 
Creating sensory-scapes & exploring multimedia storytelling. 

My tools include: vocals, keys, synths, bass, guitar, computer hardware/software, words, found objects, dreams, sound effects, field recordings, analog tape, electro and musical acoustics, pain, love, hope, fear, prophecy. I also write for instruments I do not play (such as chamber).

Recipient of the Kennedy Center's ACTF award for 'Excellence in Sound Design' (in theater). Multiple sound & music theatrical scholarships & fellowships. Award-winning, published short fiction author. 
As Octobuse: Semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Octobuse also featured in The Guardian's music section. 

I'm available for work - film/theater/dance/TV + - internationally :: Please send inquiries to mitalupaATgmail.com 

Besides my solo work, I've done some collaboration, including as 1/2 of the previously mentioned avant-pop duo, OCTOBUSE :: soundcloud.com/octobuse :: with Mark Corrin (soundcloud.com/markcorrin) of Manchester, England. 


Updated 11/2022

I am a multidisciplinary musician, creating electronic and instrumental music for media and art projects utilizing concepts in music theory and philosophy. My creative ideas and abilities have opened new collaboration pathways with other artists.

My musical pieces have been commissioned and premiered in Canada and internationally. In my compositional output since 2022, I explore passing time, repetition, and temporal suspension concepts.

In 2023, I completed my Master's in Music Composition and was awarded a research scholarship and graduate teaching assistantship.

Alex d'Paul is a musician from Argentina who tries to recreate ambients and emotions through his compositions.
Thank you so much to all who listen and comment on each song.✌