several pieces, mostly from 2016, made by transcribing various texts as sequences of three note chords. texts include names of people and places (some chords, 75 chords), poems and scores by Robert Grenier and George Brecht (some chords, melodica), and passages from a book about greylag geese (geese & chords).
some chords
composed February 2016 in Buffalo NY and West Orange NJ for an ensemble of between 3 and 7 musicians
premiered may 8th 2016 at Rust Belt Books, Buffalo NY
Jessie Downs (dulcimer), Derick Evans (bass guitar), Douglas Farrand (guitar, composition), Zane Merritt (electric guitar), Katie Weissman (violoncello)
September 2018 at Sutton St Gallery in Providence RI and the HUUB in Orange NJ
Assaf Gidron (bass guitar), Matt Lau (guitar), Jesse Greenberg (glockenspiel), Teodora Stepancic & Douglas Farrand (keyboards)
Geese & Chords
geese & chords (1) “The Distance Call”, p169 for Derick Evans - for cassette tape
geese & chords (2) “walking and trotting”, p111 for Ryan Packard - for cassette tape
75 chords
composed July - August in Conway NH, West Orange NJ, Los Angeles CA ~45-50 minutes, solo piano
piano piece - october 2016 is a 10 minute arrangement of 75 chords composed during October 2016 in Orange and Newark NJ for solo piano or piano duet
melodica, 8/22/17
scored sequence of chords. realized by multitracked melodica quartet in practicing playing melodica quietly.