PARAMETRIC STUDY (2020)

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, clarinet, viola

Parametric Study served as a means of testing the applications of some of the techniques that made MONO, my later and more substantial work, possible.

A combination of rigorous pan-intervallic planning and my 'parametric' means of thinking about music gained from immersion in Brian Ferneyhough studies yielded more possibilities than I planned for, and the piece's four distinct sections attempt to make use of as much of these as possible.

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Though it remains unperformed, the textures and what it is necessary to term 'parametric counterpoint' will, I believe, make for a very interesting musical experience.

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