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Instrumentation: clarinet, alto sax, viola, contrabass, percussion, and live electronics
Length: 7 minutes
Composed: 2013
Commission: Now Hear Ensemble
Premiere by: October 12, 2013. Now Hear Ensemble. CCRMA. Palo Alto, CA.

Program Note: In Ghost in the Machine the ensemble is fused into a single robotic entity playing tightly interlocking patterns of percussive sounds. Transducers placed on percussion instruments are triggered by the performers and act as extensions of their instruments. Beneath all of these noisy rhythms, a slow, sustained harmonic progression is gradually revealed as the piece progresses.

Recent Performances

November 14, 2019 | Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Eighth Blackbird Studio, Chicago, IL.

February 12, 2018 | Aries Composers Festival, Fort Collins, CO.