SONUS - v2

Points of Arrival (1998), 00:08:34

Chin-Chin Chen http://faculty.gvsu.edu/chenc
Nationality: Taiwan
Residence: United States
Biography: Chin-Chin Chen, composer and Director of the Grand Valley State University Music Technology Center, joined the music faculty in 1999. Prior to coming to GVSU, she taught at Millikin University in Decatur, IL. She holds the degree D.M.A. in Composition/Theory, the degree M. Mus. in Music Theory, as well as M. Mus. in Piano Performance at the University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign), and the degree B. A. in Social Work from Fu-Jen Catholic University in her native Taiwan. Ms. Chen's electroacoustic works Points of No Return (1997, for two-channel tape) and Points of Arrival (1998, for violin and tape) won First Prize and Honorable Mention, respectively, in the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo in Varese, Italy. Her works have received international performances and broadcasts in such cities as Corfu, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Lyons, Prague, Pomona, Austin, Santa Fe, San Jose, Montreal, Melbourne, Belo Horizonte, Stony Brook, Barcelona, Beijing, Nashville, Memphis, and others. She is published by Media Press.

Program Notes: If'Points of Departure'(1996 for vibraphone and tape) is for new life raptures,'Points of Arrival'is for mature life meditations.

Points of Arrival (1998) for violin and tape explores the relationships between a solo live performer and a'musique concret'sonic environment, created through MIDI. The opening section for tape alone creates a ferocious but harmless environment, shortly to be contrasted by a lyrical exploration by the soloist, supported by the tape.

The subsequent return of the violin exhibits the virtuoso aspect of the instrument, this time in interaction with the tape. The last section finds the lyrical material recapitulated, in new dramatic garb.
Studio of Composition: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Hardware Used: Mac Quadra 650, Mackie 8-bus mixer, Panasonic SV-3500 DAT recorder, Alesis ADAT 8-track digital recorder, Kurzweil 2500, Kurzweil2000, Yamaha TX516 synth, Alesis Midiverb II, and III digital processors
Software Used: Performer 3.0, Unisyn
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CEC: Sonus

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