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Brett Masteller Warren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music and Theater. On October 11 his piece BowMu STUCK MoBue will be performed by renowned percussionist Patti Cudd at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The piece of music also appears on the artists most recent album Still Motion, released on the Chicago based new music label Sideband Records. Professor Masteller Warren also recorded and co-produced the album.
BowMu STUCK MoBue (2019) – The performer is allowed to choose the instruments used in this piece. The sections of the piece define the instrumentation that can be used based on how the performer can interact with the instruments. The sections are: Bowed, Muted, Struck, Muted, Bowed. The performer is given a generative graphic score to view and interpret during performance. The sonic results of the performance are sent to a computer for analysis. The computer resynthesizes some of the data obtained during the analysis, in addition to some real-time transformation on the input provided by the performer. The computer processes the sounds created by the performer’s interpretation in a variety of ways. The performer is also encouraged to react to and modify their interpretation of the graphic score based on the sonic results, which will vary for every performance of the piece.
More information about the piece including audio and video in the links below.
View BowMu STUCK MoBue at brettmasteller.com/
View Patti Cudd with Sideband Records at www.sidebandrecords.
Brett Masteller uses titles such as sonic artist, composer, performer, audio engineer, producer, programmer, hacker, maker, and borrower. The use of technology plays a vital role in his work. Algorithmic process, chance procedure, and structured improvisations inform the sonic results.
Currently an Assistant Professor at SUNY Broome Community College, Brett teaches classes in the Music and Theater Arts Department. His music has been heard in North America, Europe and Australia at conferences and festivals such as the International Computer Music Conference, the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States, the New York City Electroacoustic Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, and the Australian Computer Music Conference. He has studied composition and computer music with Cort Lippe, Christopher Allen Mercer, Richard Dudas, Gary Kendall, and Jonathan Golove at SUNY Buffalo and Northwestern University.
Submitted by: Brett Masteller Warren