Aaron CASSIDY

composer        //       conductor

biography   music   news   conducting   contact

from The Pleats of Matter (2007)

 

chronological listing  2010.09   2008.7    2006.04   2003   2002   2001.00   1999.97

listing by instrumental forces  solo   chamber   ensemble

MP3 excerpts are provided only as samples.  Full-length recordings and scores of all works are available by contacting mail [at] aaroncassidy.com.

   
 

2008

Because they mark the zone where the force is in the process of striking (or, Second Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)

[ solo trombone ] 

For Ben Marks. 

World premiere:  Ben Marks (ELISION), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK, November 2009.

Sound Sample | Score Sample | Program Note | Video

What then renders these forces visible is a strange smile (or, First Study for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion)

[ solo trumpet ] 

For Tristram Williams. 

World premiere:  Tristram Williams (ELISION), Cassidy Portrait Concert & Broadcast, ABC Ferry Road Studios, Brisbane, Australia, July 2008.

Sound Sample | Score Sample | Program Note | Video

2007

The Pleats of Matter

[ solo electric guitar with three outputs (electromagnetic pick-up/piezo pick-up/condenser microphone) and digital/analog processing ] 

For Daryl Buckley.

Sound Sample | Score Sample | Program Note

See also:  “Determinate Action/Indeterminate Sound: Tablature and chance in several recent works.” Facets of the Second Modernity. New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century, Volume 6. Mahnkopf, Schurig and Cox, eds. Wolke Verlag, June 2008.

site  updated:  9 July 2010