New bass recorder solo for Alicia Crossley nearly finished!

Yesterday on New Years Eve I had a last workshopping session with bass recorder extraordinaire Alicia Crossley. My piece has an electronic music part which of course has some sine tones in it. I have branched out a bit in this piece by also including triangle waves and tuned noise. I am happy with the way the recorder blends in with these electronic music timbres.

I didn’t initially realise that the recorder can’t play dynamics like the flute can. It is just basically on and off when it comes to the envelope of each note. I did however discover some new techniques on the bass recorder when Alicia demonstrated them for me including singing whilst playing, f.v. (enharmonic trills) and moving from a note to a breath sound. These techniques have all made their way into my piece.

I am one of a selection of female Australian composers that Alicia has commissioned to write a new piece for her album she will record in early 2021. This is an exciting project and I can’t wait to hear the other pieces. Go Alicia!

Making some final changes to the new piece.