Mains hum
2017 | saxophone quartet and haptic notifiers (≈15')
Commissioned by Quasar quatuor de saxophones (CA)
Honored with the Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize for a recording session at Studio PM in Montreal.
The inspiration for this piece came from the static murmuring sounds of electronics, the hum of electromagnetic fields, and its never ending background presence. Mains hum is a study of the fluctuation of partials emerging from saxophone multiphonics sounds, their possible interplay and the minimal thresholds between sound and silence.
Selected performances: Amphithéâtre du Gesù (Montreal, CA (Premiere 20170503)), Casa Del Popolo (Montreal, CA), Kulturfyren (Stockholm, SE).