Crosswind

Commissioned and premiered by Tower Duo in 2013, CROSSWIND by Chin Ting Chan is full of interactivity and energy. It features intricate gestures that not only stimulate conversations, but also create a complex overall texture. The two instruments are often meant to be heard as a single entity. Chin Ting’s music stems from an interest in representing his impressions of the visual world with sonic images. It is often inspired by patterns and shapes he discovers in daily objects, as well as imaginary landscapes he sometimes encounters. He is Assistant Professor of Music Composition at Ball State University.

Places never painted by Phillip Sink was written for Bill and Lauren Funke and premiered at the 2012 World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews Scotland. The piece explores the idea that many wild and beautiful places on earth will never be reimagined by the human hand. Sink’s music is inspired by social awareness, the human experience, science, and art. In addition to traditional composition for voice and acoustic instruments, he composes audiovisual works that combine video with electronics. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Northern Illinois University.

places never painted

there are places never drawn
by small hands,
expert hands,
nor feeble hands
that tremble under the weight of
a dull, short pencil

-never painted with purples and greens
nor outlined by dark earthy powders

-never labeled with a single word
nor dotted with
fresh black ink
on a freckled map

-never cut up/split up
into small fragments,
thinly smeared with viscous glue
and smoothed out
on a pale, stoic wall

-these wild places-
some exist before an eager lens,
only to be captured
and streamed into
infinite zeros and ones

-Phillip Sink