Making Matters Worse

FOR INDETERMINATE ENSEMBLE

2018, rev. 2019 | 4'33"+ | Medium Easy | Perusal Score

INSTRUMENTATION

Piano + Flexible Ensemble with Spoken Word

featuring Kyle deCamp (voice), Whitley Wasson (percussion), Alex Gellatly (horn), Kristian de Leon (BitKlavier/Electric Piano)

Program Note:

Making Matters Worse is inspired directly by John Cage’s diaries. Through indeterminacy and graphic score notation, this piece illustrates the abstraction of conscious thoughts that occurred while reading through his diaries and their aleatoric nature.

Performances

Recording - November 2019