Matingkad (2014)

for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello

[Score | Recording]

selected for performance at the 2014 Midwest Composer's Symposium

Premiered by Ensemble 319 at the University of Iowa Composer's Workshop (IA)

Performed by Ensemble 319 at the 2014 Midwest Composers Symposium at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (OH)

Performed by Ensemble 319 at Wannapha Yannavut's graduate percussion recital at the University of Iowa (IA)

Performed by Ensemble 319 for GRIT at the Englert Theatre (IA)

Ensemble 319, University of Iowa

Program Notes:

Tagalog for "bright", Matingkad explores slight changes in color and texture through the expansion and collapse of the harmonic spectrum. The piece unfolds in three, contrasting sections based, proportionally, on the Fibonacci series.