brown wicker performed in December 2021 as part of all at once
brown wicker
for voice, horn, and live electronics | 2021
Instrumentation and Equipment:
Voice (mezzo-soprano, B3–F5)
Horn in F
A computer with Ableton Live 11 or later, any edition
An audio interface with at least 2 inputs and 3 outputs
2 microphones (ideally a headset microphone for voice and a clip microphone for horn) 2 main speakers
(ideally the venue’s house speakers)
1 monitor speaker (optional if main speakers are audible to players)
A timer or stopwatch
Duration:
5 minutes
Program Notes:
brown wicker was written in 2021 as part of my senior composition recital, all at once. It features
the poetry of e e cummings.
It’s a piece about those conversations that only seem to happen after long days in an old car or on cheap
patio furniture. It’s a collage of the emotions we reserve for those moments, an ode to the people with whom
we share them, and an expression of the lonely frustration of trying to find each other in the dark.
