TITLE: Cataphora – lulus brevicum, for solo voice (2009)
CAT# (YEAR COMPOSED): 82 (2009)
INSTRUMENTATION: solo voice
PAGES: 19
DURATION (APPROX): 17’10
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE: Jan Heinke, 7. Internationale Obertontage „Lauschrausch“, 11-13. September 2009 [Freitag 11. 09. 2009, 19.30 Uhr at The Blechner (Dresden, Germany)]

Note
“It was exciting when Jan Heinke premiered a piece of the composer Michael Edward Edgerton. Composed specially for these Overtone Days – great thanks to the Saxon Cultural Foundation – the audience was treated to an impressive, contemporary vocal solo piece, which existed beyond known singing habits. The audience reflected to this with a thunderous applause.”

Jens Mügge, Overtone Music Network

#82. Cataphora-mm1. Performed by Jan Heinke

Michael Edgerton is an active composer with performances around the world. His compositions have received international prizes and recognition including the important German award, the Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart for his composition the Tempo Mental Rap, a series of six variations for guitar based upon a Steve Vai transcription of a Frank Zappa rap. Michael’s compositions utilize a broad range of musical influences such as European avant-garde, American experimentalism, progressive rock and world music. Since the mid-90s Michael’s compositions have been informed by scientific models and metaphors. Initially stemming from his studies with voice science and dynamical systems, he’s built a body of work that explores the integration of nonlinear concepts applied to sound production and compositional constraints. While the methods and systems he develops are often influenced by science, it is his intuition – his ear that gives birth to the music.

Michael is currently working as Professor of Artistic Research at Lund University/the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden.

#82. Cataphora-mm1. Performed by Jan Heinke

Michael Edward Edgerton, composition 2001-2018