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Sextet
2023
Clarinet
Flute
Piccolo
Soprano
Soprano Saxophone
- Program Notes
- The title Extremely Good Design quotes executive director of San Diego County Gun Owners Michael Schwartz describing the perseverance and flexibility of the AR-15 model. This notorious assault weapon boasts a decades-long history of modifications, with each modification following a specific ban upon various aspects of the weapon. The bans, instituted by the state of California and others, were created in an attempt to prevent semi-automatic assault weapons from getting in the hands of civilians, where these weapons have been used in deadly mass shooting events. As the players shift in and out, the ensemble represents a ruthless, machine-like system of adaptation like that described above. Yet, elements are blatantly missing from each adaptive musical cycle, including an entire lower register. The cycle continues, minute by minute, until an inevitable threshold in which it can exist no longer.
- Performer Credits
- InfraSound Ensemble / Yoshi Weinberg (picc.), Stefanie Proulx (fl.), Sofia Campoamor, Sophie Delphis (voices), LK Kaufman (sax.), Kathryn Vetter (cl.)