DESCRIPTION:
"For Caeli" is an interactive piece between flute and computer written in 2010 by composer
MaryClare Brzytwa. The score consists of both traditional notation and custom- designed computer software created in the programing environment Max/MSP. The computer records small kernels of flute counterpoint in real time and processes them into 4 voices of stretched, shrunk, twisted and amplified flute-generated sound, resulting in a multi-dimensional visual and auditory environment of electronic accompaniment behind the solo flute.
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MaryClare Brzytwa is a multi-instrumental composer/performer based in Oakland, California. Specializing in flute, but also known to play piano, voice, and laptop, her range spreads from contemporary classical, experimental, jazz, free improvised to pop. She has toured extensively in theaters, festivals and rock clubs throughout the US, Europe and Japan as both side-woman and
soloist. In 2008 MaryClare moved to Switzerland to collaborate with filmmaker Werner Penzel (Step Across the Border), curating his experimental music project Radio Village Nomade. In 2009, she toured Europe on flute and voice for the jazz project of Mocky (Jamie Lidel, Feist, Peaches). In addition to her own solo recordings, she has also appeared on albums by and collaborated with people such as Lindstrøm, the Boredoms, Tim Exile, Kevin Blechdom, Joelle Leandre, Dominique Leone, William Winant, and Wobbly. MaryClare studied flute and composition with Fred Frith and Robert Dick at Mills College, where she received her BA in 2006. She is currently working on her master's degree at Cal Arts.