Tangent

As a violist, I was intrigued by the idea of creating a work that celebrated the musical capabilities of the viola. Luckily, at the time this piece was written and performed, I had six other violists in my studio and so it became a viola choir piece. Tangent initially began as a meditation on my compositional process. I often let thoughts drift off and in that space I am able to find sounds, textures, and melodies that pull my focus. Ideally this work would be performed by six live violas, however, there are several alternate instrumentations available for a subset of this ensemble to perform with accompanying tape.

After the initial premiere of this work, I was able to collaborate with graphic design artist, Ramzi Husein, on creating projected media to accompany the music. This collaboration sparked my growing interest in creating projects that combine my work with multi-media.