Dinner Music for Irrigation Flute is a musical composition and sound sculpture.
What does it look like?
Two photos of the Irrigation Flute from its premiere on July 29, 2023 at Pine Meadow Ranch (first below), and during my Open Studio in early-August 2023 in the barn at PMR (second below).
For future installations, I am building a set of stands that will slowly rotate the pipe along its long axis. Below there are three renderings of how this system looks and works. In the first, you see the flute stand, with speaker (large cone) and bearings that the flute will rest on. In the second image, you see how the flute sits within the stand, and the third image shows a longer-angled shot of the same.
How does it sound? Below, find a recording of the premiere of Dinner Music Suite with me on cello at the Pine Meadow Ranch, July 29, 2023. My special thanks to Chef Rebecca Sokol and Fisher Bridgette McConville for their collaboration and insight, and to Ana Varas and the rest of the folks at PMR for supporting this strange project as it came to fruition!
Curious about what the score for a work like this looks like? Here’s a link to a pdf scan of the music I played from: Score