Singularity

From Wind Repertory Project
Eli Fieldsteel

Eli Fieldsteel


Subtitle: For Wind Ensemble and Live Electronics


General Info

Year: 2014
Duration: c. 15:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Eli Fieldsteel
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $125.00


Movements

1. Sol
2. Multiply and Divide
3. Electrogenesis


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

  • Anvil
  • Bass Drum
  • Cabasa
  • Claves
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Crotales
  • Gong
  • Jam Block
  • Marimba
  • Mark Tree
  • Pulli Sticks, small
  • Ratchet
  • Roto-toms
  • Shakers
  • Slapstick
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Temple Blocks
  • Triangle
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone
  • Vibra-slap
  • Xylophone

Electronics


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Singularity (2014), a fifteen-minute work for wind ensemble and live electronic sound, hybridizes aspects of fixed media and live electroacoustic music. The electronic part is notated on staff paper and distributed alongside the instrumental parts, to be performed on a laptop computer by a musician within the ensemble. The electronic sound is conceived as a collection of triggered musical events whose timings are often flexible or directly controlled by the laptop player. This approach helps to overcome many of the inherent challenges of mixing electronic sounds with acoustic instruments and minimizes logistical obstacles.

Singularity 'was the sole recipient of the 2014 James E. Croft Grant for Young and Emerging Wind Band Composers, issued by the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association. The University of North Carolina Wind Ensemble premiered the work on November 23rd, 2015, under the direction of Evan Feldman.

- Program Note from composer


Awards

  • James E. Croft Grant for Young and Emerging Wind Band Composers, 2014, winner


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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