Wristwatch Pieces

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Wristwatch: Rabbit Hole (2012)

Players responding to a canonic notational specification appearing on the face of custom wristwatches; an autonomous piece extracted from Rabbit Hole.

Wristwatch: Speed Dating (2014)

Players responding to a canonic notational specification appearing on the face of custom wristwatches; an autonomous piece extracted from Speed Dating.

Wristwatch: Control Freak (2015)

Players responding to a canonic notational specification appearing on the face of custom wristwatches; an autonomous piece extracted from Control Freak.

Since Wristwatch: Geology (2004) I have been designing custom wristwatches that function as a notational specification. These pieces—including the later Wristwatch: Alien Argot (2004), Wristwatch: Meridian (2006), and the more recent Wristwatch: Rabbit Hole (2012), Wristwatch: Speed Dating (2014), and Wristwatch: Control Freak (2015)—have specific purposes within the context of their native chamber pieces; but they can also be repurposed flexibly for other groups, whether professional or amateur, for an improvisation ensemble, in a site-specific setting, for short or epic durations, etc. In many cases they function as teaching pieces for me, tools in which I prompt composer-performers to uncover a personal approach. And, although some of the wristwatches were initially purposed for modest ensembles (e.g., sextet, septet, octet), I always have several dozen fabricated so that I can accommodate later formulations for large collectives, flash mob renderings, etc.