On the chair of the universe: a Beetle-shaped glass buckles
Description
This composition was commissioned by the Orgelpark to be performed in Amsterdam in September 2011 during Gaudeamus Muziekweek. It will be performed by the vocal group VocaalLab Nederland. It is scored for four vocalists, organ, tanpura, and electronic sound. The work is a culmination of my studies in South Indian Carnatic rhythm, North Indian classical singing, and American minimalism. It is a meditation on the idea that the drone and pulse are micro/macro aspects of the same phenomenon of vibration. Cycles are created on the macroscale through a mathematically defined scale of harmonic/pitch relationships. Cycles are created on the microscale through the subdivision and addition of rhythmic pulses.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2011
Agent
- Composer (cmp): Adler, Jacob
- Thesis advisor (ths): Rockmaker, Jody
- Committee member: Feisst, Sabine
- Committee member: Etezady, Roshanne, 1973-
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University