Metamorphose

Metamorphose is about the process of transformation. This piece manifests the experience of metamorphosis of a thunderous, extremely dissonant, and violent block of noise into a soft, atmospheric, and dissonant yet beautiful composition. I primarily used set theory to justify my intuitive pitch plan for the piece, so while at times Metamorphose employs set theory to structure the overall pitch plan, at the other times, it processes sound as color. The symbiotic relationship between pitch and timbre contributes to the form in Metamorphose. The thunderous block of noise acts as an indicator to clarify the overall form and to create a contrast with pitch-oriented materials.