The 13th Page

It’s not unusual to create new music for Pierrot ensemble.

In fact, composers in recent decades have generated so much new music for this combination of instruments, numerous groups have formed and risen to fame performing it. But what is slightly unusual is for a composer to collaborate with computer software when writing for this ensemble.

Given that my recent work with Isomer has been realized fully within the digital realm, I thought it might be appropriate to apply these same spectral techniques to the generation of a score for a traditional ensemble of instruments. The result is The 13th Page…