Echo
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Video Performance coming Summer 2025!
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Program Note
Echo for flute and electronics is a lyrical and expressive solo. The title reflects reverberant gestures that appear throughout the piece in many forms. In the beginning of the work, these “echo” gestures begin with a burst of sound and fade into the distance while the flute soars gracefully above them. Later in the work, these gestures evolve and are more literally echoed through imitation. The electronic accompaniment for Echo is created from samples of muted piano, piano strings struck with sticks, chimes, string instruments, flutes, and bowed piano samples modulated with granular synthesis to produce pulsing effects.
The piece follows an ABA form. The A sections feature legato flute solo lines over a repeating rhythmically uneven rising scalar gesture. The B section features a clockwork-like rhythmic motor supporting a continuously evolving lyrical solo line. The return to the A material sets up a beautiful yet haunting and mysterious conclusion.
The piece follows an ABA form. The A sections feature legato flute solo lines over a repeating rhythmically uneven rising scalar gesture. The B section features a clockwork-like rhythmic motor supporting a continuously evolving lyrical solo line. The return to the A material sets up a beautiful yet haunting and mysterious conclusion.