Well, this brief string orchestra piece is coming along nicely. It's the first time I've attempted a minimalist work, which combines the freedom of producing not-bad sounding music at four times my normal pace with the nagging feeling that maybe I didn't put enough thought into this one.
Well, you be the judge... when I post the bad MIDI version in a couple of days.
The work is called Generations, and it is in honor of Charles Darwin, who celebrated his 200th birthday this past February (the same exact day as Abraham Lincoln, if you can believe it!). The work's goal is to take a very basic motive (an arpeggiated C major chord) and gradually shape it into a complex, messy, beautiful multi-layered texture. Kind of like evolution, but less cool. There are actually three sections to the work now, each unique and interesting for very different reasons.
While you're waiting for this masterpiece, you can also visit Candy's blog, Thoughts of Candy, or her website (which also has a blog!). She is the person responsible for my recent outpouring of BEDA posts, which I joined on a whim to be in solidarity with Candy, and to use as another reason to avoid the little bit of homework I have this Easter break.
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