cello and fixed electronics (2009)
Joshua Roman, cello
Recorded at MajorWho Media
instrumentation
cello
stereo audio file
details
Duration: 8 minutes
Premiere: April 6, 2009
Joshua Roman at Music With A View, Flea Theater, New York, NY
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video
Joshua Roman, cello
Contemporary Museum Mobtown Modern concert series, Baltimore, MD. 2.03.10
program note
Bloom for cello and fixed electronics was created for Joshua Roman, supported by an American Composers Forum Subito Grant. It is the ninth work in a series of compositions for solo instruments and electronics. Initially, the work included a boombox to play the electronics so that it could be performed easily in various spaces. I thought about the context for listening to a boombox—with a smallish group, probably of friends, gathering under a tree, in someone’s home, or maybe on a beach. It’s a very different listening space than a concert situation! The title refers both to the music developing from bubbling textures into a dense soundscape and to Joshua’s sunny disposition.