Snowflake

Abstract

A composition for solo violin and *Mugic electronics, commissioned and premiered by Prof. Mari Kimura at the University of California, Irvine. *Mugic is a wearable, sensor-based interface connected to Ableton Live, enabling the performer to control and manipulate the playback of sound files through gestural movement during performance. The musical material is derived entirely from the violin’s overtone series, organised into a fixed, non-modulating scale that does not undergo transformation throughout the work. The piece was premiered at the American Chamber Music Festival in Belfast, Maine. Since then it has been performed in Irvine, CA. Concerts in Stanford University CCRMA and at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY.