MAKEWAY Project with New Music Concerts Toronto

This year I had the honour of being part of New Music Concerts Toronto’s MAKEWAY composer program, where I worked on developing my piece Feeling along... for 5 Instruments and Electronics.

‘Feeling along...’ is a piece where musicians perform barefoot and feel their way across a multi-textured performance surface created by stitching together carpet off-cuts, linoleum tiles, stone tiles, and other common flooring surfaces. The semi-improvisational score, comprised of cards and a set of game rules, guides performers across the performance surface.

Performers translate the textural responses they feel to sound through a pre-determined set of instructions given on the cards. To enhance the visual experience for the audience, projections utilizing an digitally distorted live webcam feed should be shone onto the carpet surface from a raised platform.

Stay tuned for a recording of Feeling along… soon!