New Microtonal Choral Piece

'Singing in Tune with Nature' is by brand new SATB choir piece written for this year’s N.E.O. Voice Festival. Written in a 14-note-to-the-octave just intonation scale exploring vocal overtones piece might sound like throat singing. The program note is below:  

‘Singing in Tune with Nature’ aims to draw attention to the beauty and possibilities of singing overtones that are natural to the human voice. Using just intonation tuning, each sung interval comes from the harmonic series rather than the twelve notes found on the piano. The singing techniques and microtonal tuning used are a metaphor for appreciating and focusing in on our natural environment.

The scrolling score made by the N.E.O. voice festival that I sing one of the alto parts can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUIEXv3RFQU

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The N.E.O. Festival was founded to celebrate the expansive possibilities of the voice and educate creative artists on cutting-edge vocology research to inspire the creation of new musical works. Started by VoiceScienceWork (Laurel Irene and David Harris) and See-A-Dot Music Publishing (Fahad Siadat), the festival is an opportunity for curious and innovative musicians to explore adventurous new music as composers and performers in a supportive community environment.