Friday, September 10, 2010

DGS Wind Symphony - I Am







The DGS Wind Symphony prepared the piece I Am for Dr. Boysen's visit this morning. This work was written in memory of an Iowa High School band member who wrote a poem entitled I Am just days before his untimely death. A celebratory piece rather than an elegy, this powerful work features an aleatoric selection and singing from members of the ensemble. Dr. Boysen worked with the students on the aleatoric section of the piece, enfusing significant referential sonic meaning to the symbols on the printed page.