I’m very excited to be travelling to New York next month for the preparation and premiere of my new work Splinter, a 2016 MATA Festival Commission.
The work will be performed by the fantastic Ensemble neoNwith Ryan Muncy + Pat Swoboda on 16thApril at Dixon Place, New York. This concert also features the Rhythm Method Quartet, and works by Emma O’Halloran, Lula Romero, Ophir Ilzetzki, José Manuel Serrano and Edgar Guzmán.
A few words about my new work, Splinter…
Several recent works of mine have drawn on games, focusing on rhythmic coordination, cueing relationships and inter-ensemble dynamics. Splinter is not a game piece, but it retains this playful nature. The piece is based around recurring patterns which are scattered in various configurations throughout the piece, often in frenetic hockets or dizzy cueing systems.
Some sections of music are fixed, while others use instructions to set up cueing relationships within the group; there is an emphasis on performers listening and responding to each other in different ways from section to section.
I’m looking forward to a brilliant week of concerts at the festival, check it out here.
I’m grateful that this project is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and British Council.
