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Aluminum Leaves
Jeff Herriott
 mp3 (2.2 mg)
program notes
I am fascinated by the musical possibilities raised by The Electronic Hammer. In particular, I am excited by the manner in which they approach electronics as performers, and I tried to create a piece that would properly accommodate their talents. To this end, I completed a score with instructions for the electronics left somewhat open, so that the computer performers (Juan Parra and Henry Vega) could bring their musical expertise to the performance in the same manner that Diego Espinosa does as the percussionist - by using their own highly refined techniques and ears to create the best possible composition based on the outline I provided with notes and rhythms and dynamics arranged on the page. Aluminum Leaves was composed for The Electronic Hammer in the spring and summer of 2005.
bio
Jeff Herriott is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, where I teach courses in audio, multimedia, music technology, and composition. I am a recent graduate of the University at Buffalo, having previously received degrees from Florida International University and Middlebury College. My works have been performed and commissioned by ensembles and players including percussionist Greg Beyer, bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern, clarinetist Guido Arbonelli, Toronto's ARRAYMUSIC ensemble, The Electronic Hammer ensemble (percussion and computers), Schallspiel, the Syracuse Society for New Music, Contact Contemporary Music, the UW-Whitewater Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and the Glass Orchestra, and have been heard at a number of different festivals and venues around the US and abroad.
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