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for 3 perc., prepared piano, and string quartet

Suite for wind quartet, string quartet, piano and percussion. Commissioned by North/South Ensemble for its 10th anniversary. Grand Prize in 1996 Utah Composers' Competition. ' . . . a vivid, highly entertaining sense of instrumental color . . .'-- Story,

Excerpt - Spectra - North/South Ensemble with Max Lifchitz

Composer's note, the idea behind the piece as it was composed:  "It was scored (graphically) for a student or faculty improv ensemble plus a group of audience members (about 8-10 people), each equipped with a small tape player, cassette tapes and pre-recorded tapes. There were a number of "games" (movements), each about 2-3 min long."  The lack of readily available small cassette recorders makes the concept obsolete, until composer can re-score it for current techology.