ICMC/25/d1/1400 Concert n02/06 Jouer for soprano saxophone and electronics

• Jouer for soprano saxophone and electronics 6'

  • Composer - Person/Leah Reid

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    • Leah Reid is a composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator, whose works range from opera, chamber, and vocal music, to acousmatic, electroacoustic works, and interactive sound installations. Winner of a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, Reid has also won the American Prize, as well as first prizes in the International “New Vision” Composition Competition, the KLANG! International Electroacoustic Composition Competition, and Musicworks’ Electronic Music Competition. Additional accolades include Sound of the Year’s Composed with Sound Award, IAWM’s Pauline Oliveros Award, and second prizes in the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition and the International Destellos Competition. She has received fellowships from the Guerilla Opera Company, Copland House, the Hambidge Center, MacDowell, VCCA, the Ucross Foundation, and Yaddo. Reid has worked with and received commissions from ensembles such as Accordant Commons, Blow Up Percussion, Concavo & Convesso, Ensemble Móbile, Excelsis, Guerilla Opera, JACK Quartet, McGill’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, Neave Trio, the Piedmont Duo, Sound Gear, Talea, and Yarn/Wire. Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences, and in major venues throughout the world, including Aveiro_Síntese (Portugal), BEAST FEaST (England), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), EviMus (Germany), Forgotten Spaces: EuroMicrofest (Germany), ICMC (USA, Chile & Ireland), IRCAM’s ManiFeste (France), LA Philharmonic’s Noon to Midnight (USA), the Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), NYCEMF (USA), the OUA Electroacoustic Music Festival (Japan), the SF Tape Music Festival (USA), Série de Música de Câmara (Brazil), the SCI National Conference (USA), Soochow New Voice Concert Series (China), the SMC Conference (Germany), the Tilde New Music Festival (Australia), TIES (Canada), and WOCMAT (Taiwan), among many others. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia.

  • Performer - Person/Wilson Poffenberger, soprano saxophone

    • Described as an “Admirably skilled player” (The News-Gazette) saxophonist Wilson Poffenberger is in demand as a soloist, educator, chamber musician and improviser and currently serves as Lecturer of Saxophone at Valdosta State University. Wilson has performed as a soloist with the American Modern Orchestra, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, won prizes at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Krannert Debut Artist Competition, and has presented guest masterclasses at The University of Georgia, University of Florida, and New England Conservatory. A staunch advocate for new music, Wilson has premiered and commissioned over 30 new works by composers such as Matthew Aucoin, Annika Socolofsky, Badie Khaleghian, and others. Wilson earned degrees from the University of Illinois, Youngstown State University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania with additional study at CRR Boulogne-Billancourt. Wilson plays exclusively on Selmer Paris Instruments and is a JLV Sound Ambassador.

  • Description

    • Jouer is an immersive composition for amplified soprano saxophone and electronics that explores sounds associated with “play”—sports, balls bouncing or being hit, playground and amusement park sounds, sounds of various children’s toys, balloons, video games, swimming pool games, trampolines, casinos, racetrack sounds, and much more. The electronics lead the listener through various soundscapes associated with the theme, while the saxophone part interacts with the evolving timbres and unifies the various sound worlds. Reid composed the piece at Yaddo and MacDowell as part of her Guggenheim Fellowship.

  • My Notes

    • performed live Instrument/Saxophone/Soprano
    • a bit of "take me out to the ballgame"
    • a bit of yankee doodle dandee
    • #love
      • ping pong samples
      • highly percussive
      • the girl two rows up from me is no longer frightened and covering her ears; now she's smiling
      • sports sounds, crowds
      • A bit like Person/Charles Ives
      • the sound of a roller coaster with screaming
      • HIGHLY spatial on this livespeaker
      • Creative mashing, sequencing and play in a way that's very approachable to a wide audience profile
      • #ASMR "marco polo" samples with Water