Solitude

for Voice, Live Electronics, and Body Percussion

Duration: 4:00 min.

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Program Notes:

I wrote Solitude having in mind the idea of a human being alone at a canyon, which provides fertile ground for experimentation with echoes. I imagine that different effects could be achieved by facing different directions as the human gazes into the canyon, and I have tried to capture some of the possibilities with the different electronic effects used in this piece. The title, Solitude, suggests a situation in which the experimenter can feel a release of inhibitions and a freedom to sing into the canyon without fear of condemnation from others.