Thoughtsketches features an open-ended structure that allows for improvisation. This technique is largely explored by Christian Asplund, who I studied with at the time. The first movement, Canonic Perception, has a line of text that is read by the performers at the rhythm of their choice, but within a tapped tempo. It proceeds in a round.
Synesthesia provides a uniquely colored chromatic scale for each performer. The vocalist has a list of colors with associated words to vocalize. The instrumentalists play within the limits of the colored notes according to which color they feel matches the word.
Interested in performing Thoughtsketches?
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Performances:
- April 10, 2014 [Premiere], Group for Experimental Music, BYU Group for Experimental Music.
- March 14, 2015, To Another Place and Time, Stuart Wheeler, Matthew Webb, Chris Morrison, Dylan Findley.
- January 15, 2016, Stone in Hand: A Concert of Works by Dylan Findley, Dana Kaufman, Monte Taylor, John Harris, Dylan Findley.