This piece explores the concept of ‘containers’ as resonators of sound. The wooden body of a violin or any other stringed instrument, the metal or wooden tube of a woodwind or brass instrument and the shell of a percussion instrument or drum are all specially tuned ‘containers’ designed to amplify and enhance the timbral qualities of the sounds produced when the instruments are played.
In this piece I have used very simple containers such as jam jars, metal tins, wooden boxes and other objects to act as resonators for the source sounds that are used in the piece. The resultant sounds are subjected to further transformation using a computer to act as a ‘virtual resonator’ (for example adding reverberation, filtering and time-stretching).
This work was commissioned by 2000 Galway Arts Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Ireland. It was premiered on 22 July 2000 at the Containers Exhibition, Galway Arts Fesival, Aula Maxima, National University of Ireland, Galway.
In this piece I have used very simple containers such as jam jars, metal tins, wooden boxes and other objects to act as resonators for the source sounds that are used in the piece. The resultant sounds are subjected to further transformation using a computer to act as a ‘virtual resonator’ (for example adding reverberation, filtering and time-stretching).
This work was commissioned by 2000 Galway Arts Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Ireland. It was premiered on 22 July 2000 at the Containers Exhibition, Galway Arts Fesival, Aula Maxima, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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