"Past the Tan Silence" for Double Bell Bass Trombone. Bil Smith Composer, 2021

 

The Spirit

 

"MetaMaterials" - Furthering Explorations for a Manifesto of a New Musical Lexicon

Furthering Explorations for a Manifesto of a New Musical Lexicon

Metamaterials are an amalgamation of artificial structural elements, designed to achieve advantageous and unusual electromagnetic properties.

Actually such a flexible definition is incomplete on the one hand, and too strict, on the other. It is helpful to draw the following analogy: Metamaterial is composed of its elements in the same sense as matter consists of atoms. But these structural elements themselves are made of conventional materials, i.e., finally, of normal atoms.

Accordingly, metamaterial represents the next level of structural organization of matter.

So the question begs...how do we apply this in a musical/compositional/auditory context?

Archetype IV of the score "Red Lounge: Zero Theorem Tracheal Splint" for Mixed Choir. Extended application of Metamaterials.

"HellHound" For Tuba

"Vysteon" for viola and cello

"Recounter" for Alto Flute, Violin and Percussion

"Recounter" for Alto Flute, Violin and Percussion

"And the Guilded Spirit Was Declining" For Three Organs. The Recording.

"And the Guilded Spirit Was Declining" 

for Three Organs.

Recorded and Premiered March 9, 2013, San Giovanni Degli Eremiti, Palermo Italy.

A New Recording on the Laboratorie New Music Record Label.

On Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/bil-smith/and-the-guilded-spirit-was