between walls

for orchestra (1.1.1.1 / 1.1.1 / 1perc / pno / hp / strings) and fixed electronics

10 minutes (2023)

Commissioned by Esprit Orchestra with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council

World Premiere

New Wave Festival 2023

April 15, 2023 | TD Music Hall, Toronto

Esprit Orchestra, conducted by Alex Pauk

Program Notes

"between walls" is inspired by the textures and complexity of woven fabric and the duality of seeing through individual threads and how these complex parts shape into a form. The piece explores this duality through extending and stretching the in-between to reveal subtleties within strands of a texture, shifting between larger shapes and closeup detail.

Photo by Karen E. Reeves • Esprit Orchestra at TD Music Hall.

Photo by Karen E. Reeves • Esprit Orchestra at TD Music Hall • Julia Mermelstein, electronics