Tempest in a Teakettle

The title suggests the small problems we consider on a daily basis, waiting as they build within us. "Waiting" is explored in several ways throughout, and uses the medium to augment these daily dramas until we will allow ourselves to view them center-stage. After being introduced to the teakettle in which we'll be experiencing the storm, the noise of rain and wind quickly begin to fill the sonic space. Soft rains and distant thunder churn over one another in a tempest, finally giving way to cautious harmonies fashioned from the wail of a storm siren. Through these elements, we explore the sense of obsession that comes from being kept constantly on alert. We wait for the storm, wait for it to pass, and are waiting for what comes next. Just as soon, the sirens fade, and a full kettle has come to boil while we were preoccupied. As the sonic manipulations alter and extend the soundscape of the piece, the unease of waiting blurs the sense of scale between the tempest and the teakettle.