PROGRAM NOTE: Dancing Tree is product of my fascination with slow growth. The tree in this time-lapse video is about 300 years old, but is only 15 feet tall because of the desert environment where it grows. The music in this piece is a sonification of the subtle, but often frenetic movement of the dancing tree on one windy day in the desert of west Texas. PERFORMANCES: Society of Composers Inc. National Conference, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, November 2015. Root Signals, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, Jacksonville, Florida, September 2015. Toronto Internation Electroacoustic Symposium, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, Toronto, Canada, August 2015. NoiseFloor 2015, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, Staffordshire University, England, April 28th, 2015. CD Release: Included on the 2015 SCI Region V Student Mixtape. Slingshot Festival, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, Athens, Georgia, March 2015. National Student Electronic Music Event (N_SEME) at BGSU, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, Mar 2015. Circuit Bridges, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, East Carolina University, February 2015. Circuit Bridges Arts Now, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics and video – c. 7 min, North Carolina State University, January 2015. Performance: November 2014, Naviar Records State of Origin Installation, Dancing Tree (2014) for fixed electronics – c. 7 min, London, England, November, 2014. 2014 Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composer's National Conference, Biola University, Los Angeles, California, October 2014. Circuit Bridges: Spanning I-95 South Concert Series at Gallery MC, New York City, September 2014. Firenze Multimedia Festival, Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini di Firenze Florence, Italy July 4th-13th, 2014. Premiere: Bowling Green State University Student Composers Concert, Bowling Green, Ohio, May 2014.
