impetuous flow: in flux (2016)

for alto flute, alto saxophone, percussion and piano

Premiere performance:

Ensemble Suono Giallo
1st International ilSuono Academy for Young Composers 2016
Città di Castello, Italy

July 26th, 2016

Other performances:

American premiere

International Contemporary Ensemble
Annual Columbia Composers concert series 2017-18
Abrons Arts Center
New York City, USA

April 14th, 2018

“Impetuous flow: in flux” is a piece that is written for and heartily dedicated to the members of the Ensemble Suono Giallo. The structural framework of the piece is derived from an older project and my goal is to revitalize the sonic material of the saxophone and explore its sonic implications - the various sonic and acoustic properties along with the exploration and orchestrated realization of breathy sounds, noisy entities - and any possible extensions of its preconceived microtonal material. This piece reflects my personal exploration with regard to the coexistence and/or interrelationship among pitch and noisy entities. Sonic plasticity and microtonality become the actual tools leading to a comprehensive realization of sliding micro and macro-gestures as long as idiomatic instrumental glissandi, articulated my different instrumental combinations.

International Contemporary Ensemble, Annual Columbia Composers concert series 2017-18