Unofficial Dreams

Unofficial Dreams (2022) for solo keyboard synthesizer rachel beetz

Unofficial Dreams (2022) is for a custom built synthesizer created with flute multiphonics. The composition is the result of a daily improvisation practice performed in December of 2020 and my album project Unofficial. Like many other songs on this album, this piece explores different cycles of listening time. The playback audio is the pulse of breathing through the flute. The pianist’s left hand pulses two chords according to how their ear responds to the growing synthesizer, while the right hand explores a rising melody. We hear the warped time of my flute mulitphonic within the sound of the synth. Then there is the listening time of the performer as she responds in real time to the density of sound. The confluence of these timelines creates an ever changing landscape of sound; at once this piece is known to me physically, but unknowable in present time, just like a dream. The only way to experience it is to listen.

As in all of my pieces, the notation is only a starting point; the performer must explore beyond the page.

Every performance is a premiere since each one will always be different.

Equipment needed Hardware: - Computer - Midi Keyboard with at least 49 keys (4 octaves) - Audio Interface - Stereo Monitors Software: - Ableton Live - Dreams Project Session Folder (available from the composer)

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Mechanics: - Crescendo by increasing note density and duration.

- Left hand open chord pulses throughout.

- Right hand plays a growing melody.

- Transpose figures freely, keeping the basic intervals and shape.

Rehearsal: - Play through once as written.

- Then explore different paths or transpositions through the material. Choose directions that you enjoy.

Performance: - To begin, Press Play on the "Breathing" Track.

- Begin the left hand chord pulsation.

- Bring in the right hand melody.

- Improvise on the materials by responding to the sounds you hear.

- When you hear the breathing track fade away, find an ending.

- As the score is a jumping off point, I encourage you to play without it in a performance.

Unofficial Dreams rachel beetz

(2023)

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