Author: debmin

Type A

Type A is a stereo electroacoustic sound-object piece, which was composed using only two sound sources: a long, hollow plastic tube and an old-fashioned typewriter. It was realized using both analog and digital studio equipment. The sounds were processed in many different ways, including (analog) tape loops, pitch shifting, filtering, echo, reverb, and granulation.

    • Performed in various locations, including at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Sonic Boom Festival, Western Front, Vancouver, 10 March 2005.

 

  • Performed as part of the International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project, 8th Annual New Music Festival at California State University, Fullerton, USA, 21 March, 2009.

 

 

A Volkswagen’s Trip

This piece tells the tale, both through sounds and words, about some of the unique adventures I had with my first car, a beloved 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit hatchback (which I owned from 2000-2013).

  • Submitted to CBC Radio’s “Outfront” programme

 

The Brain

‘The Brain’ was written for tenor voice, bass clarinet, and piano, with text based on a poem of the same name, by American poet, Emily Dickinson. It was premiered at Simon Fraser University Theatre (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada), in March 2003.

“The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and You—beside—

The Brain is deeper than the sea—
For—hold them—Blue to Blue—
The one the other will absorb—
As Sponges—Buckets—do—

The Brain is just the weight of God—
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—
And they will differ—if they do—
As Syllable from Sound—”

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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Sheet music for this piece is available through the Canadian Music Centre.