Recent Études

• Night Piece: Hugill Exercise (Composition Etude)

  Following the instructions in Hugill’s chapter 10, I constructed a piece consisting of night sounds that can be heard when falling asleep. I chose to use sounds from my early [...]

• ‘Electric’ Final Performance

  This is the final performance of ‘Electric’, a collaboration between myself and Dixie. We will be performing it in class on 5/3/2013.

   

  Electric Final

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• “Electromagnetism” Etude

  Transducer Etude

  After watching the Nicholas Collins video tutorials, I perceived the concept as recording sounds of electromagnetic activity, similar to the clicks and pops that you hear when you [...]

• Proof of Concept for ‘Patience is a Virtue’

  This ‘proof of concept’ post is for the performance piece ‘Patience is a Virtue’ that I performed with Dixie back at the Intermedia Concert we held earlier in the semester. [...]

• “Office Days” Etude

  Mapping Etude

  This mapping etude is based on my experience last summer as an intern in City Hall of Bryan. I included different sounds that you would typically hear around [...]

• Project Initiation Report: Dixie’s ‘Cancer’

  Purpose

  Create a performance piece in SPEAR that contemplates the fear of cancer and the prolonged fear it can induce. 

  Principles

  Repeat ‘cancer’ over and over Make sounds distorted Gradually [...]

• Deliverable: MIDI Drum Set

  MIDI Drum Set To create a system in which the pedals activate certain effects. The purpose of this project is to create a hybrid instrument combining features from the piano [...]

• “Automotive Office” Etude

  Musique Concrète Etude

  This etude uses a variety of sounds from freesound.org that would be found in an automotive workshop. I was inspired by a trip to my car dealership. [...]

• Project Initiation Report: Taylor’s Electric

  Purpose: Create a piece in SPEAR that symbolizes the exploration of the sounds that electricity makes during a storm. Principles: Taylor has decided to paint a sound on SPEAR to [...]