This electronic work was developed in May of 2021 in collaboration with baritone Oscar Faulkner, conceived as a farewell project to our time as undergraduate students at the Royal Northern College of Music. The piece makes use of bits of recorded conversations between Oscar and myself, in which we share memories of our time in Manchester before the COVID-19 pandemic took place and reflect on our experiences and growth after four years of study. Through the use of these snippets of conversation, the piece aims to capture and preserve a little fraction of who we are at that time; a fragment our reality and circumstances before parting ways from Manchester and embarking on the next chapter of our lives.

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The work also incorporates a setting of Georgia Douglas Johnson’s short poem Calling Dreams, a triumphant statement of hope and ambition. This poem is used to express our former view of the world as young music students early in our studies — idealistic, bold, and somewhat naïve —, as well as our excitement for what the future may hold. The entire soundscape of the piece, with the exception of the background sounds from my recorded conversations with Oscar, was created through a series of recorded guitar and vibraphone samples from guitarist Will Scattergood and percussionist Amy Gray — recorded in person in March of 2020, just a few days before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the RNCM to shut down.

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Fixed electronic stereo work, developed on Max.

 

Showcased in Kunstraum Walcheturm (Zurich, CH) and SONIC MATTER_radio in December of 2023 as part of SONIC MATTER Festival​

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Duration: 5' 30"