'Symmetric Relations and Hidden Rotations', the Irish Sound Science and Technology Association Concerts 2016, Ulster University, Derry

Installed Symmetric Relations and Hidden Rotations at the Irish Sound Science and Technology Convocation at Ulster University September 7th-9th 2016.

Symmetric Relations and Hidden Rotations explores the power of music to transform a listeners sense of place. The piece opens on the recording of an abandoned public space. An ominous looming musical narrative appears and merges with the sounds of the space to create a single unified musical movement. As the piece continues music and place become increasingly intertwined, with place taking on a musical role. This development continues until the ending crescendo where the music makes one final and decisive statement before departing to leave only the sounds of the abandoned space in its wake.
The piece was created using a variety of methodologies from the recomposition of soundscape recordings to the composition and spatialisation of harmonic and percussive content. The musical material moves around the listener in a series of concentric patterns over the course of the piece creating a sense of evolving symmetrical rotation.