ORBITS is my most ambitious composition to date. Thirteen percussionists, each representing a heavenly body, who's composition is dictated by that bodies orbital length and its relationship to the other percussionists orbits. Below you can view the complete score and composition notes, as well as listen to my MIDI rendering of the piece. I hope to get this performed and recorded in the nearish future.
(click image to view score)
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(click image to view notes)
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INSIDE THE PROCESS. A deeper look at some of the work that went into conceptualizing and composing this piece. Some of the ideas presented in these notebooks were used, other ideas were not, but I find it interesting to see some of the process. (click on any image to view in detail.)
Orbital Resonance Map as it appears in the score.
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Orbital Resonance Map as it was originally conceived.
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The earliest notes I have on this piece. (6 pages)
Assorted notes. Overall structure, possible stage layout, instrumentation, development of individual planets thematic material. (19 pages)
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Visual representation of the polyrhythmic relationships used in the tonal section of this piece. I found graphing paper was best for seeing how the parts interacted. (5 pages)
Detailed time map of entire piece that was used to see the interconnected relationships of all the planets throughout the entire composition process. (39 pages)
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