In A Cloud, Aimless is a slow-moving, mellow piece that can make the listener feel both relaxed and tensed, simultaneously. It has certain meditative qualities about its sonorities, but can be unsettling all the same. The piece attempts to bring to the listener a feeling of having no direction in life, heading nowhere in particular, and having no purpose, no energy, and no motivation to combat the feeling with. While this certainly seems rather bleak, at least it'll sound kinda pretty. Enjoy :)

In A Cloud, Aimless

Duet for bass clarinet and marimba premiered by Transient Canvas on June 21, 2019 at the Charlotte New Music Festival.

Seriously Stressed

Percussion quartet for marimba, vibraphone, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine. Performed November 18, 2018 at LSU's Undergraduate Composition Recital.

Unnerved

Percussion trio for 4 instruments that players choose: a cymbal of some sort and 3 sounds pitched high, medium, and low. Performed December 2, 2019 by Black Box Percussion Trio at LSU's Really Really New Music Marathon.

Don't Worry About It

Originally written for solo multi percussion. Performed over zoom by Hamiruge - The LSU Percussion Group on April 27, 2020 as a means to produce some sort of concert during the coronavirus quarantine times. 

Instructions for the piece: 
"Hued Abstraction is a piece in two movements, roughly five minutes each. When approaching the piece, think coloristically. The picture is in black and white, so it is up to you, the player, to add the color. There are phrases given that you should use to grow your interpretation. You can choose to play the rhythmic ideas verbatim, or use them as inspiration for other ideas to play. Choose a place in the picture to start and go through small segments at a time, eventually moving through the whole image, similar to the artist as he draws what you see. You are painting the picture through sound."

Hued Abstraction

Recorded in my bathroom closet 5/8/20. Written for a low E almglocken,  low D almglocken, low D tuned gong, suspended cymbal, high woodblock, medium woodblock, and low woodblock. Played with an F almglocken instead of an E cause it's what I had, and a china cymbal instead of a regular sus. cymbal cause I felt like it. 

The title of this piece takes its inspiration from the og Magic: The Gathering card, "Pacifism." If you've played the game before, you've definitely encountered it and probably have had moments where you loved it and hated it. 

"Enchanted creature cannot attack or block. 

For the first time in his life, Grakk felt a little warm and fuzzy inside."

Pacify

Drummer/Composer
Louisiana State University

Stephen Browne