Strands - Lucas Garner [DIGITAL]

Musically, Strands was inspired by trends in fiction throughout a variety of artistic disciplines to explore the concept of parallel worlds and dimensions. Strands attempts to change a single musical idea through dimensional shifts, allowing a single emotive gesture to cross into other worlds and change with context. The use of microtonality or “quarter tones” provokes a slightly uncomfortable response by natural consequence of their difficulty to produce clearly.

Genre: Solo Clarinet + Track | # of Players: 1
Series: N/A
Level: Medium Advanced | Duration: 8:00

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Instrumentation
B-flat Clarinet
Track

Program Notes
A collaboration with clarinetist Olivia Meadows, Strands was born as an exploration of two concepts simultaneously. On the technical side this piece is intended to be a less tonally difficult introduction to contemporary literature for clarinet.

Musically, I was inspired by trends in fiction throughout a variety of artistic disciplines to explore the concept of parallel worlds and dimensions. Strands attempts to change a single musical idea through dimensional shifts, allowing a single emotive gesture to cross into other worlds and change with context.

The use of microtonality or “quarter tones” in this piece should provoke a slightly uncomfortable response by natural consequence of their difficulty to produce clearly. The resulting effect of the entire work should allow the audience to peer into a different world from a distance, experience unfamiliar feelings and finally return home to a comfortable place.

– L.G.

Oliva Meadows, clarinet