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drops on a living surface (2014)


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​Instrumentation:
piccolo duo with interactive electronics
​About:   
This piece imagines the cone of a loudspeaker as a thin barrier between the physical and digital world -- a surface for drops of electricity to come alive. These drops begin quietly, almost bell-like, and accumulate into a majestic, electric rainstorm.
Premiered:
May 26th, 2014: Caitlynn Winkler and Leo Sussman in Harper Hall, Appleton, WI. 

Additional performances:
October 17, 2014: Caitlynn Winkler and Leo Sussman at Electronic Music Midwest, Lewis University (IL)
April 20, 2015: Sam Golter and Sarah Pyle in Beall Hall, Eugene, OR.
Jan 26, 2019: Jennifer Piper and Abigail Walsh at the 2019 Florida Flute Convention in Orlando, FL.
Winner of the 2017 Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition
Featured in the I Care If You Listen Winter 2015 mixtape
​Score:  Download Perusal Score
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