Category: Compositions

2020.04.15 | The June Project

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“June” composed by Jason Treuting

Arrangement by Clark Hubbard

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power; We have guided missiles and misguided men.” – MLK Jr.

“During this period of isolation, So Percussion has embarked on a new project re-interpreting music from our third album Amid the Noise, with music by founding member Jason Treuting. Amid the Noise is designed to be modular and flexible, with many different possible versions.” – So Percussion

https://sopercussion.com/the-june-pro…

My sounds:

  • Harmony/Melody | sine wave synth + synthetic string synth
  • Drone | The electronic piece “Deplaned” from my album ‘Terminals’ re-tuned to C. (In the second ‘verse,’ a bass enters also droning a C).
  • Noise | Noises come from a chorus effect on the synthetic strings synth + “Deplaned”
  • Rhythm | Excerpts from my recording of “SodaSong” re-pitched according to the number of letters in the text (i.e. “Our” is pitched +3 semi-tones, “Scientific” is pitched +10 semi-tones, etc.) There are two rhythmic voices which are pitch-corrected in opposite directions.

This version of “June” was created using Ableton Live 10

Soda Song

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Duration: 4 minutes

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

Released: 2020.04.04

Players: (1) 5 Soda Cans

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dedicated to the University of Michigan Percussion Studio

About “SodaSong”

“SODASONG” was written in April of 2020 after a conversation with Doug Perkins. Since most of the United States was under lockdown (due to COVID-19), many percussionists and students found themselves without access to instruments owned by schools and universities.

“SODASONG” was written as a multi-percussion solo designed for percussionists to play with materials found throughout their homes. While originally composed for 5 soda cans, “SODASONG” can be performed on any five pitched objects (glass bottles, plates, paint cans, tom-toms, etc).

Structurally, “SODASONG” switches between duple-meter and triple-meter sections, each with their own melodic themes.

“SODASONG” is a great piece for students with limited access to instruments and for students interested in or looking to explore multi-percussion music.

Thank you to Neil McNulty, Ancel Neeley, Pete Nichols, Doug Perkins, Hohner Porter, Johnathan Rickard, Chris Sies, Sui Lin Tam + Daniel Vila for being a part of the #SodaSong digital world premiere on April 14th, 2020.

video by Doug Perkins
video by Chris Sies

Light Cycles

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Duration: 16 minutes

Difficulty: ★★★★☆

Premiered: 2019.09.07

Players: (1) Violin

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(Commissioned by Claire Niederberger + The Post Cortona Premieres Project)

About “Light Cycles”

“Light Cycles” is a 17 movement work written for and commissioned by my friend Claire Niederberger. I asked Claire to send me a list of 10-20 specific colors and she selected each shade primarily based on the name of the color. While I composed each movement, I was primarily influenced by the visual hue of each color. My goal, when developing this work, was to create a flexible and customizable performance piece. “Light Cycles” is designed to accompany a wide array of programming settings. As many or as few movements can be performed in a given performance as the performer desires, the movements can be played in any order, and the movements can be performed continuously or scattered throughout a given setlist.

#F0F8FF • ALICE BLUE

#8DA399 • MORNING BLUE

#6D9A78 • OXLEY

#989F7A • SAGE

#E6E200 • PERIDOT

#FFFF99 • CANARY

#F4CA16 • JONQUIL

#EAA221 • MARIGOLD

#CC7722 • OCHRE

#A38068 • MOCHA

#CB410B • SINOPIA

#CC8899 • PUCE

#DE5D83 • PRIMROSE

#BD33A4 • BYZANTINE

#5A4FCF • IRIS

#645452 • WENGE

#353839 • ONYX