SIMILAR SOUNDING SONGS SUNG ASYNCHRONOUSLY (2024)
Game Piece (text based)
This piece is an attempt to take the sonic qualities of the absurdity in language and transform them into a musical piece. How many times can you say a tongue twister without making any mistakes, while maintaining the musicality inherent in each word? Thanks to my friends, we've created a surreal soundscape where meaning dissolves and pure sound reigns.
Movements:
- - Round 1: "She sells seashells by the seashore"
- - Round 2: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
- - Round 3: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
- - Round 4: "Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch"
- - Round 5: "Fred fed Ted bread, Ted fed Fred
- Composed by Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera, and performed by Electronic Chamber Music at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in April 2024. It was presented as part of the concert Electronic Chamber Music: Games! directed by Michael Gurevich.
- Members of The Electronic Chamber Music: Michael Gurevich, director, Ty Bloomfield, Nicole Knorr, Paul Luckhoff, Evan Magill, David Minnix,Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera, Ilan Salomon-Jacob, Adam Schmidt, and Nelson Walker.