Interaction

In this piece, the composer aims to unite the piano and the electronic sounds without resorting to the use of actual piano sample sounds as materials for the electronic part. This is accomplished mainly through establishing a close connection between the piano and electronic part in the area of musical gestures and timbre. The composer wishes to create the impression of an interactive, dynamic relationship between the piano and the electronic sounds as if they literally feed off each other. “Interaction” was commissioned by Professor Scott A. Wyatt, director of the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.