Small Infinities is an ongoing graphic score project, written as a set of freely configurable “modules.” The premier performance, at the 2017 Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music (BIFEM), featured 11 of these modules played by a massed-clarinet ensemble of 28 players—the Argonaut Clarinet Orchestra.
NEXT PERFORMANCE:
Artlands Festival Opening Night
6:30pm 10th October, 2018
Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo
To take part in the 2018 Argonaut Clarinet Orchestra please email: samuel [dot] dunscombe [@] monash.edu
A copy of the Bendigo score can be found here, [Download PDF], and example audio files can be found at the bottom of this page. An introduction and set of tutorials can be found immediately below:
To perform Small Infinities, choose any number (greater than 1) of modules that work for your instrumentation, and create a timing sheet for how you would like to put them together in a live performance. Playing modules simultaneously or overlapping is strongly encouraged.
Modules A-K (premiered at BIFEM2017)
Module | Dedication | Instrumentation | Download |
A | To Eva-Maria Houben | Any number of identical woodwinds | Modules A-K |
B | To Eliane Radigue | Identical woodwinds in groups of 7* | Modules A-K |
C | To Klaus Lang | 5 or more identical woodwinds | Modules A-K |
D | To Christian Wolff | 5 or more identical single-reed instruments | Modules A-K |
E | To Arash Yazdani | 5 or more identical single-reed instruments | Modules A-K |
F | To Jakob Ullman | 7 or more identical woodwinds* | Modules A-K |
G | To Taku Sugimoto | Identical instruments in groups of 7* | Modules A-K |
H | To Eva-Maria Houben and Rebecca Lane | Identical woodwinds in groups of 7* | Modules A-K |
I | To Michael Pisaro | Any number of instruments | Modules A-K |
J | To Horatiu Radulescu | 7 identical woodwinds* | Modules A-K |
K | To Horatiu Radulescu | 5 or more identical woodwinds | Modules A-K |
Sample recordings of modules B-H (overdubbed clarinet, low quality) are available here: Download .zip file [16.8MB]
Modules from L-?
Module | Dedication | Instrumentation | Download |
L | For Taku Sugimoto and Michiko Ogawa | One quintet 4 times (overdubbed, or consecutive); or 4 quintets at the same time | |
M | For Taku Sugimoto and Michiko Ogawa | Two clarinets and guitar | PDF to come soon |