Clement Reid
“Theater Piece #1, for cello is much like a person thinking aloud,
although with music rather than with words. The beginning somewhat
lyrical theme gives way to an introspective-sounding series of
gestures including harmonics and quiet pizzicato. A middle section
becomes more energized but with syncopated attacks. The ending should
give the feeling of a kind of fragmentary reminiscence of the earlier
material, concluding with high harmonics and a suggestion of interaction of different musical points of view, and a sense of wonder or questioning.
Carson Farley will be the featured cellist.”
Steve Escoffery
Transcendental Object, for computer-realized sound
“The title, Transcendental Object, refers to an idea of Immanuel Kant. Kant’s idea, the transcendental object, is that of the fundamental nature of reality being beyond the ability of the brain, or the senses, to detect/understand — that everything our senses can detect is a simplified representation of what’s really there.
It seems like a bit of a looming elephant in the room (and hopefully not too clichéd) that we experience ourselves as being here, but none of us knows why or how; what here is, who we are, etc. So, I’m trying to represent that which is beyond our capacity to know — using computer programming to create patterns which are too complex for our brains to follow.”