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Electric Angels

A concert of music for amplified string quartet and sound projectionist was presented at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). The concert presented new works by Sara Cubarsi and David Aguila, alongside CalArts Faculty Rob Wannamaker, ending with George Crumb's Black Angels. Presented in a 6.2 speaker array devised by Aguila and Cubarsi to immerse the audience for each of the pieces on the concert. 

Violinists - Sara Cubarsi, Violeta Cubarsi

Violist - Madeline Falcone

Cello - Derek Stein

Keyboard - Emi Tamura

Sound Projection - David Aguila

Exvot II composed by Sara Cubarsi Derek Stein - Electric Cello Sara Cubarsi - Horse Hair Emi Tamura - Electric Keyboard David Aguila - Sound Projection Program Notes Exvot II is the third of a series of pieces originally inspired by a wax ear which I encountered in a shop near the Gothic cathedral in Barcelona.

Dissectionary Moments I composed by David Aguila Violins - Sara Cubarsi, Violeta Cubarsi Viola - Madeline Falcone Cello - Derek Stein Sound Projection - David Aguila Program Notes Dissectionary Moments I, is influenced by the miniscule repetitions which interject human life.

Three Test Signals composed by Rob Wannamaker Violins - Sara Cubarsi, Violeta Cubarsi Viola - Madeline Falcone Cello - Derek Stein Sound Projection - David Aguila Program Notes Each movement of Three Test Signals systematically traverses a different narrowly circumscribed terrain of objective sound relationships.

Black Angels composed by George Crumb Violin - Sara Cubarsi, Violeta Cubarsi Viola - Madeline Falcone Cello Derek Stein Sound Projection - David Aguila Program Notes Thirteen Images From the Dark Land I. Departure 1. Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects 2. Sounds of Bones and Flutes 3.