My Ascousmatics composition for Sound Spectrum was a sound art installation titled "Summer Study". I came up with the idea for it thinking about studying and wanting to make a piece that was physical and self sufficient (didn't need me to run it). That came in the form of an oscillating fan with spoons hanging from it, gently gliding across full and half full mugs - of course. This was an interesting assignment that stretched my knowledge of art and composition, and allowed me to garner a stronger appreciation for ascousmatic works. A video of my installation can be found here (the blurb for the piece can be found in the description).
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This composition is titled "The Tiger and the Butterfly Net". I was fairly excited that I could finally write some lyrics for a composition assignment. For this piece, I went back to a ye olde' story telling like delivery of lyrics (heavily inspired by Dr Suess' style of writing). The jazzy chord progression sold the subtext of the story of a woman (the elusive tiger) "uninterested" in the company of men being seduced by another woman with a softer approach to flirting (the butterfly net). The score can be found below and a recording can be found here. For this assignment, I wanted to work with an instrument I was unfamiliar with writing for; where I would have to consider its dynamic range in respect to the accompaniment. This was a difficult assignment but I was pleased with the outcome. The score is below and a recording can be found here. This ascousmatics composition was a field recording assignment. The composition needed to demonstrate an understanding of editing recordings using DAWs. In the end, I borrowed a field recorder from the loan store and walked around Bradford Street park to hear anything interesting. What I found was the juxtaposition of crows stripping bark and heavy machinery taking away trees. It was pretty poignant and so this became the basis of my recording. You can listen to the final track here.
The first assignment was a handwritten solo flute piece under 24 bars. My process for working out the initial melody was using solfege and consulting with a flutist toes if they'd be able to play it. We needed to hand in a handwritten score and and analysis of the piece and our compositional process. These can be found below: |
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Artist SummaryI'm a WA Fremantle based singer-songwriter / composer. Here, you can have a gawk at my studies, compositions and performances. Archives
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