drip music (2019)
String quartet
Duration: 9’
Commissioned for the Argus Quartet by Concert Artists Guild, with support from the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund
Premiered May 6, 2019 at Alice Tully Hall, NYC
Argus Quartet
Technical requirements: Each player requires a sewing thimble
drip music begins very quietly. From delicate, nearly inaudible drizzles of sound, splashes (heavy droplets) take over and begin to dance. This piece is about drawing attention to and then amplifying very tiny sounds, and is a celebratory exploration of the intimacies and intricacies of the string quartet. drip music was commissioned for the Argus Quartet by Concert Artists Guild, with generous support from the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.