Composition for viola & electronics

threads

Solo piece for viola and electronics, premiered by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in November 2021.

If we cut anything in the world in half, we will soon see molecules, then atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons and finally, quarks.  String Theory says that there is something beyond quarks.  If you look even closer, you will see a thread-like filament that is vibrating and interacting with other threads.  They are working in tandem, conflicting, growing together, separating.  This piece follows these threads as they expand and create the foundations of our world.