Three Etudes for Piano and Electronics
Kati Gleiser, piano
1. Fire Drill
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2. Frogs
3. Sporks
Three Etudes (2013) for piano and fixed media was written for pianist Kati Gleiser. The first and third etudes are in perpetual motion, driving and breathless by the end. Both make use of a monophonic line, whose compound jumps, twists and turns create ever-shifting implied meters and accent patterns. Fire Drill features the attention-getting low-battery warning of a smoke detector that interrupted my composing. Frogs is more vertical and amphibiously croaky in structure. The last etude features non sequitur accompaniment and disjunct piano writing which ultimately coalesce. Like the dual approaches unified into one strange utensil, it is entitled Sporks.