Arachnida

Performance History
- Premiere: The Microscore Project, Los Angeles, CA, 9/1/08
- The Microscore Project, Artsaha! Festival Omaha, NE, 9/11/08
- Chicago Miniaturist Ensemble, Chicago, IL, 9/27/08
- New Music Hartford, Hartford, CT, 12/5/08


ARACHNIDA was written using probability: the notes of a c-minor triad occur more often than the other diatonic notes in c-minor, which in turn occur more often than the non-diatonic notes. It is pizzicato throughout, sounding somewhat like spiders...

Score: 30-second version
Score: 15-second (100 note) version


Recording: New Music Hartford (Allison McCann, violin; Adam Riggs, cello)