Ohayo Parasite (2024)

​日本語：おはようパラサイト

for kinetically enhanced euphonium, bass clarinet, and drum set

Commissioned by TRIO "Alele" (Japan)

ca. 10 min.​

Cultura & Sustentabilidade 2024 Open Call Selected Work

Band Journal 10月号『現代音楽TRIO「あれれ」東京公演　表現の境界を越えて』

As a child, I was often consumed by the "absurd" notion that the visible world around me was merely a dream, and that I needed to awaken to return to the "real" world. At that time, I never entertained the possibility that the virtual world in which I was "trapped" in might, in fact, be the more "desirable" reality, while the so-called "true" world could be a dystopian nightmare.

A recent news article highlighted a small but growing number of individuals live their lives without ever removing their virtual reality goggles. In a world splattered with so much pain and suffering in countless forms, it is perhaps understandable that some choose to close their eyes, shut their hearts, and immerse themselves in the idealized worlds they long to see. Each of us, though our definitions, intensities, and methods may differ, wears our own "virtual reality goggles" and inhabits a version of the world we wish to live in.

​

This piece, commissioned by TRIO “Alele,” was composed in Boscawen, New Hampshire; Kamikawa, Hokkaido; and Taipei, Taiwan, between February and late May of 2024. Designed to "enhance" the capabilities of both the instruments and the performers, the composition incorporates the use of tubes of varying lengths attached to the valves and mouthpiece of the instrument, connecting them with the instrumentalists and objects such as a tank filled with water.

​

"Ohayo" is a colloquial term meaning good morning in Japanese.

July 27, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”盛岡公演
Morioka Kokaido, Morioka, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​

​

July 31, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”東京公演
Tokyo Concerts Lab., Tokyo, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​

August 10, 2024
現代音楽TRIO”あれれ”高松公演
Takamatsu Symbol Tower Hall, Takamatsu, Japan

TRIO Alele (Ayaka Sato, Jun Ishii, and Takafumi Kakizaki) ​