Electroacoustic Composers of Western (ECOW) + Friends
Eight of these pieces were a collaboration between Music and Dance. Bruce Hamilton’s MUS 432 (Electroacoustic Music) joined with Susan Haines’ DNC 323/DNC 423 (Advanced Contemporary Dance). Four of the works originated with the music. The other four began with choreography and video making. The classes swapped files and finished with a diverse collection of dance/music videos. The videos center around explorations of motion and space. We borrowed ideas from Denis Smalley’s writings on spectromorphology, as well as class discussions. Setting restrictions for the choreographers and videographers caused by the 2020 pandemic became an opportunity to explore new ways of interacting within and across spaces.
The four stereo playback music pieces are the final projects of the MUS 432 class.
The last piece is a quick and dirty “telephone-style” improvisation piece for video. It replaces the traditional group improv at the end of the ECOW show in its in-person concert setting.
Thanks for watching & listening!
Bruce Hamilton & Susan Haines
Full playlist
Individual Pieces
1. Collab #1v
Choreography & Video
Hannah Fredrikson, Allison Hargett, Chloe Munkelien
Music
Tristan McGarr
2. Ryan Evans - DNL (audio only)
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3. Collab #1m
Music
Alan Wild
Choreography & Video
Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington
4. Collab #2m
Music
Ryan Evans
Choreography & Video
Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington
5. Fletcher VanBuren (audio only)
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6. Collab #2v
Choreography & Video
Bailey Kager, Bethany Lynch, Gabi Ross, Sarah Seeberger
Music
Alan Wild
7. Collab #3m
Music
Tristan McGarr
Choreography & Video
Hannah Fredrikson, Allison Hargett, Chloe Munkelien, Paige Pimmel
8. Alan Wild: Breach (audio only)
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9. Collab #3v
Choreography & Video
Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington
Music
Fletcher Van Buren
10. Collab #4v
Choreography & Video
Hannah Goebel, Valerie Goliff, Cierra Johnson, Kelsey Lampe
Music
Ryan Evans
11. Tristan McGarr: On The Cusp (audio only)
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12. Collab #4m
Music
Fletcher Van Buren
Choreography & Video
Bailey Kager, Bethany Lynch, Gabi Ross, Sarah Seeberger
13. MUS 432 Improv
Ryan Evans, Tristan McGarr, Fletcher Van Buren, Alan Wild