An exercise: Dismantling the silence¹

This paper was originally presented at the Washington Project for the Arts (Washington, D.C.) in 1987 on a lecture series entitled “The New Music Seminar Series.”

Abstract

In this essay the author discusses various compositional ideas and procedures as they have developed in his music over a number of years. He explores the underlying principles which unite a diverse body of works ranging from chamber and computer music to live electronic sound installations. Specifically, he analyzes structures which he has developed which are, at once, both continuous and fragmentary. In so doing, he identifies one crucial area of inquiry for artists today: the integration of contradictory modes of experience.

Notes

This paper was originally presented at the Washington Project for the Arts (Washington, D.C.) in 1987 on a lecture series entitled “The New Music Seminar Series.”