Jonathan Stuart-Moore
composition
Graduate Recital
Saturday, November 12, 2011
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, Music Building
Program
Future Hybrid Cities (2011) Jonathan Stuart-Moore
Informaconurbautomation (b. 1983)
Hollindiewood
Metropicalopolis
Conanglomerication
Municip-hopality
Jennifer Neese, flute; Anna Darnell, clarinet; Nicole Strum, saxophone;
Nomi Marcus and Thomas Weaver, percussion; Jessica Lee, piano;
David Parks, violin; Charles Rasmussen, cello; Steve Landis, bass
Fog at Nobska Point (2010)
David Parks and Chris Thurstone, violin;
Eric Eakes, viola; Charles Rasmussen, cello; Steve Landis, bass
There Was No Question (2011)
a series of interviews with John W. Moore
Nicholas Rich and Ned Emerson, laptops;
Savannah Racut, flute; Anna Darnell, clarinet;
Nomi Marcus and Thomas Weaver, percussion; Jessica Lee, piano;
David Parks, violin; Charles Rasmussen, cello; Steve Landis, bass
Jonathan Stuart-Moore is a student of Dr. Alejandro Rutty and Dr. Mark Engebretson
________
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the
Master of Music in Composition
Program Notes
Future Hybrid Cities (2011)
Informaconurbautomation: Computers that live in contiguous cities comprised
entirely of data centers talk, fall in love, get in fights, and go to the movies
together, all over millions of miles of cable.
Hollindiewood: A gang of indie musicians and filmmakers, bankrolled by venture
capitalists, buys one of the big four record companies, gaining, along with
incredible influence (and some nice sample libraries), the wisdom that pop is the
new indie.
Metropicalopolis: At a densely populated modern industrial tropical tourist
paradise, ladies wear fruit on their head as they assemble jet airplanes and
conduct conference calls.
Conanglomerication: To avoid taxes and regulations, a multinational corporation
constructs a floating city in the middle of the Atlantic; employees in lavish offices
speak Esperanto while they stare at the undulating horizon.
Municip-hopality: Where the mountains meet the plains and the cowboys once
roamed, soccer moms read newspapers on medicinal marijuana, which is legal,
while their children breakdance in a police-designated area on the sidewalk.
Fog at Nobska Point (2010) describes a magical place on Cape Cod that I have visited
nearly every summer of my life. Surrounded by water, the rocky point offers views
in all directions on a clear day—of Vineyard Sound, Martha’s Vineyard, the
Elizabeth Islands, Woods Hole, and Buzzards Bay. In the fog, it becomes an
intricate and mysterious soundscape of warning signals—foghorns, lights, bell
buoys, and ships’ whistles.
There Was No Question (2011) is an experiment in live performance of documentary
material, and the subject of my Masters Thesis. The piece is a series of interviews
with my father, John W. Moore, which I condensed and orchestrated for live
performance.
The concept of this piece is indebted to the documentary musical works of Steve
Reich such as Different Trains and The Cave. However, this piece attempts to add an
element of live theatrics by having the documentary audio clips triggered and
manipulated in real time by laptop performers. Instead of using a keyboard or
mouse, the performers control their laptops using Wii remotes, giving the audience
a visual connection between players’ gestures and the sounds produced.
