fairly challenging.
I was working on percussive sounds on my flute and was envisioning some sort of one-note crazy timbral intro to a trio of sorts. Months later, I saw a jug at Materials for the Arts and thought, "Hey, I could do something with that! Ooo, how about that percussive thing I sketched way back when..." Traditionally, jug functions as an ersatz-tuba: the player buzzes the bass line with her lips and the jug acts as a resonator. Since I was writing for me and I'm not a brass player (anymore), I chose to use the jug more as an ersatz-beatbox, combining the two edge-tone partials available and a few unvoiced phonemes to create a rhythmic line against two pentatonic melodies. Supposedly, for the sake of humanity, this piece shouldn't be played, but what do I owe you people, anyway?
ca. 5'
2006.
An mp3 of the premiere is available on myspace.
score
in Bb
in Eb
in F
bass
viola
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performance history: 22 October 2006. Brooklyn Peace Fair, LIU. Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, jug; Jeff Hudgins, soprano sax; Joe Exley, tuba. 20 September 2006. Tonic (NYC). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, jug; Hubert Chen, violin; Maria Sonevytsky, sopilka. 2 July 2006. The House on Quincy Street (Washington, DC). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, jug; Hubert Chen, violin; Alex Weinberg, electric guitar. 29 March 2006. Reisingser Hall, Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, jug; Hubert Chen, violin; Joe Exley, tuba. 23 February 2006. Interpretations Series at Merkin Hall (NYC). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, jug; Philippa Thompson, Pinky Weitzman, saws. |