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I.T.L.O.T.H. Performed at the SCI Region III Conference hosted by Marshal University in Huntington, WV.
Program Notes:
I.T.L.O.T.H. is a piece for flute, dancer, and live two channel electronics. This piece has inspired and fascinated me since I was first presented with the concepts of the work. The intimacy and trust required for my friend to reveal to me her story of harassment, domination, rape, and aggression has intrigued and terrified me through out the creation of this piece; I could only wish to be as strong as she. The work seeks to recount my friend’s experience with sexual harassment during their time serving in the military through the creation of a sonic environment to represent this particular life story; i.e. pre-military, entering the military, entrance of the harasser, internal struggle against the situation, external struggle against the situation, partial resolution, post-military. There are three primary elements: the flutist element which consists of serial set based on my friend’s birthday, the military element which is an alteration of the piccolo solo from "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, and finally the dominator element which is a collection of sounds in the electronics. The dance element is primarily improvised and seeks to relate the same story though body motion.
This work was programmed by Justin Houser and all choreography was done by Nicole Wesley. Some sound samples are from the website freesound.org and used with permission.
I.T.L.O.T.H. is a piece for flute, dancer, and live two channel electronics. This piece has inspired and fascinated me since I was first presented with the concepts of the work. The intimacy and trust required for my friend to reveal to me her story of harassment, domination, rape, and aggression has intrigued and terrified me through out the creation of this piece; I could only wish to be as strong as she. The work seeks to recount my friend’s experience with sexual harassment during their time serving in the military through the creation of a sonic environment to represent this particular life story; i.e. pre-military, entering the military, entrance of the harasser, internal struggle against the situation, external struggle against the situation, partial resolution, post-military. There are three primary elements: the flutist element which consists of serial set based on my friend’s birthday, the military element which is an alteration of the piccolo solo from "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, and finally the dominator element which is a collection of sounds in the electronics. The dance element is primarily improvised and seeks to relate the same story though body motion.
This work was programmed by Justin Houser and all choreography was done by Nicole Wesley. Some sound samples are from the website freesound.org and used with permission.
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