David Reeder
dreeder@panix.com
Composition, Electronica, Interactive Performance
Works
Classical
Electro-Acoustic
- Q.E.D.
::: manipulated voice (found sound)
- Voicewalk
::: text manipulation by dancers and movement
..... (video instrument)
- Animistic Dreamscape
::: synthesized bells and biological phenomena
..... (4-channel instrument)
- Led Ohm Roll
::: thunderstorms and train yards
..... (found sound)
- Sorrugis
::: melodic frequency modulation and white noise ambient pad
..... (sound instrument)
- Air Space
::: pulsed airplane cabin environment
..... (6-channel installation)
Background
Classical Composition
quiet
Solo violin or viola -- September 2008; ~2'30"
Clairvoyance obscures obfuscation.
Score:
Violin
or
Viola
(hibernation)
Alto sax, classical guitar, double bass and Sprechstimme
-- May 2005; 6'30"
Meditation on global environmental change. Incorporates silence
within phrases in order to polarize stasis and movement. Some
reliance on extended technique, primarily in saxophone.
Spoken word
parts for all players.
MP3:
[performance]
Score:
Conductor
(C,
E-flat)
--
Alto Sax --
Guitar --
Double Bass
*** Special instructions for all players. ***
Performance history:
Oregon Bach Festival (commission); Seattle Composers' Salon
Seasons Change
Lunar Magic
Devotion
Songs to Joannes, Poem XV
Time Off
Electro-Acoustic Composition
- Q.E.D. -- manipulated voice, found sound
- Voicewalk -- for dancers and movement
(video instrument)
- Animistic Dreamscape -- synthesized bells and biological phenomena
(4-channel instrument)
- Led Ohm Roll -- thunderstorms and train
yards
(found sound)
- Sorrugis -- melodic frequency modulation and white noise ambient pad
(instrument)
- Air Space -- pulsed airplane cabin environment
(6-channel installation)
Q.E.D.
Manipulated voice, found sound -- March 2008, 58"
Audio samples taken from discarded material generated by another
project: a wealth of speech events, not intended for
performance.
Voice of Elizabeth Wyatt.
MP3:
Q.E.D.
Performance history:
60x60
Voicewalk
Video controlled instrument for dancers -- March 2004; variable duration
Interactive performance instrument relying upon movement to
manipulate text processed by digital effects. Built from Max/MSP
and SoftVNS.
Text from "Ash
Wednesday", section V by T.S. Eliot.
Video:
[16M]
[6M]
MP3:
[version 1]
Performance history:
Darmstadt, Germany; Cathedral Arts Festival; Brooklyn College; Galapagos,
Animistic Dreamscape
4-channel Max/MSP instrument -- May 2004; 10'15"
Synthesized bells and biological phenomena. Instrument
species based upon customized forms of Risset's algorithms for
additive synthesis, parameterized for live performance.
MP3:
[live performance]
Performance history:
Darmstadt, Germany; Galapagos, New York; UC Irvine
Led Ohm Roll
Found sound -- September 2003; 3'
Journey through elevators, thunderstorms and haunted train yards.
All sound material collected by hand -- minimal reliance on
audio effects.
MP3:
[ProTools composition]
Performance history: Cathedral Arts Festival; Brooklyn College
Sorrugis
Air Space
6-channel Max/MSP installation -- December 2003; variable duration
Airplane cabin environment manipulated by delays and gain envelopes.
MP3:
[live performance]
Performance history: Brooklyn College
More Stuff...
Resumes
Updated: September 2008
Copyright © 2008 by David Reeder