Ayehli Alexandra Gardner, (un)selfish object Baljinder Sekhon, and The Hinchinbrook Riffs Nigel Weslake are the latest compositions detailed in the database. Ayehli was written in the wake of the September 11 attacks and is the composer's attempt to transform tragedy into beauty. The Hinchinbrook Riffs is Westlake's second work for marimba and digital delay but uses a different approach to the writing than his first work. Sekhon's (un)selfish object relies on pitch tracking software to trigger sound files throughout the performance.
Read MoreThree new works are detailed in the database: Verve Chris Paul Harman, Quaderno Flo Menezes, and White Knight and Beaver Martin Wesley-Smith. Quaderno is the first work with live electronics detailed in the database. Also, two big changes to the database make it cleaner and easier to use: 1) the Basic View of the database is now a single, sortable table, and 2) each composition now has its own detailed page so you can easily share a work with others!
Read MoreI developed a patch in Max/MSP to create a highly adaptable and straightforward user experience utilizing technology and equipment familiar and available to modern performers for use in Nigel Westlake's Fabian Theory for marimba and digital delay.
Read MoreTakatsugu Muramatsu's Land was written for Momoko Kamiya and premiered at PASIC 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee. The score was first published by Beurskens Muziekuitgeverij in 2006. For many years, the talk of some mistakes in the printed score (because that just happens sometimes) slowly spread by word of mouth but no one seemed to have an errata or know what was actually incorrect. With the permission of the publisher, I am pleased to present the errata for Land.
Read MoreFour new works have been added to the database, including their detailed entries: An Honourable Silence Andrián Pertout, Sonatina Garry Eister, Spherical Music Eve Beglarian, and Unreal Motorway Attila Szilvási. This is the first update to the database since its launch. I forgot how time consuming evaluating the materials can be [...and how much time it takes to code the entries into the site]! Read the post for more...
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