Deviations (2005) [7']

Presentation history:
- Premiere: New York New Music Ensemble, June in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo, NY, 6/7/2006
- Graduate Recital, Atlanta, GA 2/2/07

Deviations is a set of brief variations (or deviations) on the clarinet's thematic material in the opening section. The second section is loosely based on Hindustani rhythms and treats the theme vertically rather than horizontally. In the third section, the theme is again treated horizontally, becoming more and more fragmented as it moves from one instrument to another. The fourth section features a drone in the piano over which the clarinet, violin, and cello weave through variants of the theme. The final variation, marked largo, explores the general downward gesture of the theme, rather than particular pitches or rhythms. The soft codetta again returns the theme to its original pitch-classes and the vertical nature of the first variation. This work was premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble at the 2006 June in Buffalo festival.

Score

Recording personnel: New York New Music Ensemble (Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Linda Quan, violin; Christopher Finckel, cello; Stephen Gosling, piano)