Product Description
Kaleidoscope (2007) commissioned by David Wright, was written while my wife and I were in residence at the David and Julia White Artists Colony, Costa Rica. The tropical location was stunning but , other than permitting luxurious amounts of time to "work things out." it was not a direct source of inspiration for the work.
Kaleidoscope employs the Fibonacci sequence (1+1+2+3+5+8) to control surface rhythm and large sectional proportions. Though I am often explicitly concerned with proportion and its integration at various levels of most pieces I compose; I had never used Fib. because it seemed too easy, and I typically do not like to use processes that are external to a piece. None-the-less I really enjoyed working with the sequence and was pleasantly surprised when the last pitch in the saxophone, with a duration of 89 sixteenth notes, sounded "just right."
The work is suitable for advanced performers and is 13:00 minutes in duration. Performance materials available for purchase from the publisher: mjicmusicpublishing@gmail.com
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