Ever Expanding

Dan VanHassel

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Dan VanHassel Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Multiple Percussion
Flute
Cello
Live Electronics - Also a version with Piano

Program Notes

Commissioned by the Shanghai Conservatory Electronic Music Week

Premiere: October 21, 2013. Shanghai Conservatory Electronic Music Week. Shanghai, China

In Ever Expanding for flute, cello, percussion, and live electronics, the musicians present two different types of material. The first is based on a slow repeating cycle of chords played on the vibraphone, which expands and contracts throughout the piece. The other is a vibrant play of rhythm and tone color, in which the instruments playfully, and sometimes violently, interact with each other using a variety of noisy, percussive sounds. The live electronics act as a means to enhance and expand the capabilities of the live instruments and as such, all of the electronic sounds are sampled live during the performance and are triggered by the instruments themselves. For example, the electronics are used to sustain the sound of the chords struck by the vibraphone and to create phasing patterns from these harmonies. The noisy, rhythmic material is also enhanced by short electronic patterns built from sampled sounds of the instruments. As these patterns increase in length, they create an additional rhythmic layer for the instrumentalists to interact with.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Chasm - Percussion Duo, Flutes, Piano
Ever Expanding - Multiple Percussion, Flute, Cello, Live Electronics
fzzl - Snare Drum; Live Electronics
Here Comes… - Marimba
Noise Peal Extravagant - Percussion Quintet
UNIFY - Percussion Quartet
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