music for sensible environments

A sensible environment is reactive algorithmic environment
that is aware of both itself and interlopers through a real-world sensory feedback mechanism. Read more...

Puerilia (2009) - recorder quartet with or without sensible environment
Commissioned by QNG (Quartet New Generation)
with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
Ojai Music Festival, 2009 (with sensible environment)

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excerpt, mm512-end (2m 59s)
• score: pdf • full recording: mp3

Echolalia has a custom sensible environment, distilled from recordings of infant sounds... (read more)

Echolalia (2008) - solo piano with or without sensible environment
Commissioned by Jill Richards
with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
Simulation (with sensible environment):

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• score: pdf • full recording: mp3

Buoyancy (2004) - flute and harp
ALEA III International Composition Prize
Commissioned by CRS
Angela R. Mullins, flute, Su-Ting Hsu, harp
Recorded on CRS 0481:

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• score: pdf • full recording: mp3

After With Thin (2006)
Performance of Thin (solo piano) inside the sensible environment After With
Ensemble Ascolta. Florian Hoelscher, piano
"Die Reihe" (SWR/Musik der Jahrhunderte/Akademie Schloss Solitude), December 7, 2006
Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany

excerpt, mm001-043 (1m 07s)
• score: pdf • full recording: mp3

Naught Less One (2007) from Book Awry - violoncello scordatura with or without sensible environment
Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts
With additional support from the Akademie Schloss Solitude
Gavriel Lipkind, violoncello
This work is part of the Solitude Cycle, 8 works by 8 composers for Gavriel Lipkind
(including Kevin Volans, Noriko Baba, Andrew Hamilton and others.)
Schlossfestspiele Ludwigsburg, 2007, Live SWR recording
Released with Jahrbuch9: Von etwas das nie aufhört. Merz/Solitude, 2008
(Performance without sensible environment.)

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The Solitude Cycle: A Journey to the Limits. (Film by Martina Schönfeld and Klaus Medrov.)
Unedited footage from the Ludwigsburg premier. Excerpt, mm1-38 (2m22s)
• score: pdf • full recording: mp3