Quantum Transitions

Percussion Trio

Work Details

Quantum Transitions
(2014)
WORK DURATION
5:45
WORK CODE
CH/QT
Instrumentation
Perucssion Trio (unpitched)
Premiere
Beverley Johnston and Joint Venture Percussion Duo, The Boston Conservatory, Boston, USA, 23 March 2014

From the Composer

Quantum Transitions began as an investigation in the semantics of rhythm: what kind of meaningful relationships can sonic events have when divorced from pitch (melody and harmony)? The two tools that I have used extensively in this investigation are phasing, patterns of different lengths looping independently of each other, and metric modulations, a rhythmic pattern in one context is translated into a different context to mean something different catching the listener by surprise in the process.