music        news/events        bio        contact        recordings Fabrication 23: Offshoot 2010 percussion   3 plumbing pipes, 2 cowbells, 2 bongos, 3 tom-toms, pedal bass drum, concert bass drum, metal plate duration 5'  SCORE 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 23: Offshoot 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. Fabrication 23: Offshoot alternates non-resonating metals with drums as the material is stretched in time and then compressed. see also Fabrications