Through Leaves
Andrea Reinkemeyer
About this work: Through Leaves for Tape & Percussion (2004) was commissioned by and is dedicated to Jay Bordeleau. He requested a work that would feature both the percussionist and tape while developing simple melodic structures. As I had recently become interested in the venation patterns of plants, I decided to base this work on the ways in which large-scale structures in trees (trunk separating into branches and roots) are mimicked on the small-scale (petiole separating into veins and capillaries). The tape was realized in the composer's home studio and at the University of Michigan Electronic Music Studios using both Pro Tools and Cubase software. The tape features Jay Bordeleau, percussion and Andrea Reinkemeyer, voice.
Year composed: 2004
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources:Prerecorded Sound and Live Instrument(s)
Instrumentation: 1 Timpani, 1 Marimba, 1 Prerecorded Sound (Tape/CD/Other), 1 Other Percussion Instrument(s)
Instrumentation notes: Click
here to see the percussion key. A large conga may be substituted for the o-daiko, marimba's range must include F2. Optional live processing of the sound with delay patch, reverb and/or other electronics.