Caput Medusa (2007)
Caput Medusa was written for and performed by the phenomenal JACK string quartet. I tried to explore the virtuosity and adventurousness that I had at my disposal with these performers.
The note E acts as an elusive anchor throughout the piece (at any instant one of the four instruments is playing it). The rest of the pitch material is derived from a rotating set of all of the harmonic series which contain the note E (up to the tenth partial). This piece showcases a new "quick cut" technique which probably developed as an influence of working with electroacoustic music.
