MOVEMENTS:

X4 - 1 = O

Chaconne 2

Two Pieces For Viola represent the study of a new and an old form. Shortly before beginning this work, I had become intrigued by the possibility of creating musical form based on the Chaos theories in James's Gleick's book, Chaos. The form for X4 - 1= 0 was the result. In the book, analysis of types of turbulence showed the predominantly predictable nature and yet sometime chaotic moments of, for instance, the motion of water through a pipe or of wind currents in a tunnel. It also stated that ... "the attracting pull of four points ... creates basins of attractions. ...But each particle does not move independently - its motion depends very much on the motion of its neighbors - and in a smooth flow, the degrees of freedom can be few. .. ." These formulae of motion through space seemed quite applicable to the sound-motion of music through space and time. X4 - 1 = 0 was the first piece of a series of form-studies inspired by Gleick's book. Chaconne2, a loose version of the traditional form of variations on a chord progression, is based on two interwoven chord progressions, one traditional, the other non-traditional. A parody on romantic treatments of Baroque music, with a smile at Beethoven-style endings, it is virtuosic in the tradition of chaconnes.

Centaur Records, 1993 - CRC 2138

Performances:

Bowling Green University, Annual New Music Festival, 10/16/98

WCLV, 9/19/98, (part of an hour program of her music aired nationally via the Internet)

WCLV, 3/28/98, (part of an hour program of her music aired nationally via the Internet)

University of Iowa, 3/10/96

Illinois State University, Contemporary Music Festival, 7/17/95

Society of Composers Conference, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 11/20/93

Capital Composers Alliance, Tawes Recital Hall, Washington, D.C., 6/16/93

Capital Composers Alliance, IN Series, Mt. Vernon College, Washington, D.C., 4/20/93

CD, Ellen Rose (Dallas Symphony Principal), Centaur Records, 2/93

Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.,10/6/91

University of Michigan, Guest Artist Recital, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/4/91

Montanea Festival, Talloires, France, 7/8/91

St. Louis Symphony Chamber Music Series, St. Louis, MO, 11/19/90

Aspen Summer Music Festival, Faculty Recital, Aspen, CO, 8/15/90

Sonoklect, Lexington, VA, 5/17/90

Faculty Recital, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 5/7/90

Festival of Contemporary Music, SMU, Dallas, TX, 4/5/90

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 2/8/90

Southeastern Composer's League, Miami, FL, 10/28/89