for Solo Oboe and Interactive Electronics
Composer: Alexander
Year of Composition: 2015
Instrumentation: Oboe, Interactive electronics,
Type of Electronics: Live
Number of Channels: 2
Duration: 4:30
Video Component: None
Written shortly after the congressional hearing regarding Planned Parenthood in September 2015, this work seeks to address the concept of duality while denaturing the toxic rhetoric that has dominated our political landscape. The audio samples used are from the hearing, and changes in the electronics are triggered by pitch input from a contact microphone attached to the oboe–no intervention on the part of the performer is required.