Kaleidoscope for Orchestra is a 14 minute piece for full orchestra. It was composed over a three year period from 2007--2010. It fulfills the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at Boston University.
Kaleidoscope is ba...
Kaleidoscope for Orchestra is a 14 minute piece for full orchestra. It was composed over a three year period from 2007--2010. It fulfills the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts at Boston University.
Kaleidoscope is based on a series of harmonically related seven and twelve note spatial sets. Each seven note set is interrupted by a more dissonant twelve note set, and musical characters are assigned to each group. Tranquil, peaceful music is constantly trying to reassert itself over aggressive, energetic music. The title of the piece comes from the constant presenting of the same material in slightly different ways with slightly different colors.