Benjamin Taylor, composer

Promotional Video - Dec 3, 2011

Composer:  Benjamin Taylor
Consortium Director:  Zach Herchen

New Work: for Alto Saxophone and electroacoustic sounds

Completion date: January 1, 2012
Duration: 7-9 minutes

Benefits to Consortium Members:

• Exclusive opportunity to give regional premiere performance
• Each name included on title page of score
  
• Exclusive performance rights for one year from date of completion
• Rights to record the work for personal portfolio or audition CD
• Rights to record the work for online audio and/or video streaming (for non-commercial use)
  

Cost to join Consortium: $50.00 USD
Includes: One bound copy of transposed score, Max/MSP patch, all benefits listed above

Detail of electronics: The electronic component for this work will be completed in Max/MSP, for which a free download of the "Runtime" version is available on the cycling 74 website.  A two-channel max patch will be included with the score (via download) which will be simple to use such that a performer who has never performed an electronic piece will be able to successfully perform this work.  It is assumed performers own or have access to: a laptop, an audio interface, and a microphone. If a consortium member does not have access to this equipment, a CD playback version of the electroacoustic sounds will be made available from the composer.

For musical examples and biographical details about Benjamin Taylor, please see benjamintaylormusic.com
For biographical information on Zach Herchen please see zachherchen.com

For full contract information, click below to download.

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