Paracusia

Paracusia is an ongoing multi-piece collaboration for saxophone(s) and live electronics. The performer represents a character that is trapped within a reverberation room. Over the course of the movements, the performer navigates the audience through their experience as they slowly lose their ability to interact with their outside world. Each movement represents a different step along their journey, exposing the unique sonic landscape of the different instruments within the saxophone family and their connection with the integrated electronics.

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Paracusia begins after the character has been inside the room for a brief period of time. They will begin to hear voices (imitating the actions of the performer) swarming around them, building into a climatic moment of tension which seems to dissipate briefly into the start of the second piece.

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Paracusia was premiered by Justin Massey at West Virginia University on April 14, 2018.

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Learn more about the Paracusia project HERE