Epidermis
for bass clarinet, marimba, and electronics
Length: 10 minutes
Composed: 2017
Commissioned: Transient Canvas through funding from the Johnstone Fund for New Music.
Premiere by: November 15, 2017. Short North Stage. Columbus, Ohio
Program Note: In Epidermis the bass clarinet and marimba merge into a single machine-like entity playing funky rhythmic patterns made up of percussive sounds with electronics forming a noisy protective layer around the players. At the beginning of the piece the acoustic and electronic sounds are closely aligned, but as the piece progresses they begin to move apart. Repeating melodic patterns begin to appear in the bass clarinet and marimba, while the electronics become noisier and more abrasive.
Recent Performances
September 25, 2022 | Transient Canvas, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA.
March 29, 2022 | Transient Canvas, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
March 15, 2021 | Transient Canvas, Livestream.
April 21, 2021| Transient Canvas, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.
April 30, 2021| Transient Canvas, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
October 6, 2019 | Transient Canvas, Ethos New Music Society, SUNY Fredonia, NY.
October 8, 2019 | Transient Canvas, Buffalo State University, NY.
October 10, 2019 | Transient Canvas, Mansfield University, PA.
November 7, 2019 | Transient Canvas, DCCC New Music Series.
November 8, 2019 | Transient Canvas, Temple University.