spargens sonum

for solo trombone and four-channel live electronics
2022, rev. 2024

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spargens sonum is an interactive score based upon a fragment of the Missa pro defunctis of Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–1512 or 1513), an early setting of the “Tuba mirum” passage in which trombones may have been used.

Note: the recording above is of an adapted version for tuba.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

March 2, 2024: version for tuba premiered on UW Composition Studio concert (Seattle, WA) by Cole Henslee, tuba, and Justin Zeitlinger, electronics / spatialization