UC San Diego

The following Master's Thesis represents two years of study in Composition at the University of California, San Diego's Department of Music. The three works: Three Dances of Five Creatures, A Study and Reflection Upon the Present State of Existence of Which I Breathe In and Out and In, and Then I Knew 'Twas the Wind that Blew depict a few of the sonic spaces I explored. The pieces included are in chronological order. The first was composed for my second jury, and explores free dance form and narrative. The second engages phrasing, repetition and gradual expansion: meditation in time. The third investigates sonic density, and sound transformation.

My efforts in composition during the program have focused on the exploration of extended techniques, globalized contrast, gradual sound transformation, and both traditional and non-traditional sound worlds.