music        news/events        bio        contact        recordings Fabrication 16: Misstatement 2016 clarinet bass clarinet guitar  piano violin viola cello  duration 7' SCORE I. Arnold, Robert, Erik, Claude II. Ludwig, Giacinto III. Olivier, Erik, Joseph PROGRAM NOTE I typically write music with fairly involved programmatic intentions along with forms that echo or amplify them. However, I also enjoy music that simply unfolds a process or a ‘conceit’. Fabrication 16: Misstatement is a component part of a larger 32-movement cycle for various ensembles ranging from solos and duos to works for orchestra. These Fabrications explore more mechanical approaches to generating music. Each has a subtitle; a synonym of ‘fabrication’ which says something about the piece itself. This is one of the sillier Fabrications (there are a few). It grew from an exercise I gave to my composition students: a measure of piano music by Haydn at the head of the page that had to morph over a page or more of music written on the spot into a measure of piano music by Satie, via a measure of music by Messiaen. The purpose was to loosen the students' need to be always 'inspired' and also to sharpen their musical eyes in seeking out commanalities between different musical languages. A couple of other mechanical processes were added to the second and third movements of this piece, but it's still an insiders' joke with highish aims but a trivial 'aspect.' see also Fabrications