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Cornell Set

Complete Work Title: 

Cornell Set — four poems with computer music

Performance Medium: 

poetry reading with computer music

Movements: 
  1. Gorge Dweller: Evensong I (Tacey M. Atsitty)
  2. Elegy for a Car (Clayton Pityk)
  3. What is Broken (Benjamin Garcia)
  4. In Mid-Autumn: Shanxi Province 2007 (Elizabeth Rogers)
Duration: 

c.8:00

Date Composed: 

December 2010 - April 2011

Performance Information: 

The 4-channel computer music requires Max/MSP or pure data for performance.

Additional Information: 

Commissioned by the Cornell University Department of English.

Performance History: 

David Jaffe (recitation):
• 1 March 2012; Connecticut College (New London, CT) — 13th Biennial Arts and Technology Symposium 

Heidi Dietrich Klein (recitation):
• 3 October 2011; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

Tacey M. Atsitty, Clayton Pityk, Benjamin Garcia, & Elizabeth Rogers (recitation):
• 15 April 2011; Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), presented as part of the Department of English Reading Series [premiere]

Downloads & Links: 

program note

score (pdf)

audio recording (mp3)
recorded April 2011 (studio version); Tacey M. Atsitty, Clayton Pityk, Benjamin Garcia, Elizabeth Rogers.

Webcast of 15 April 2011 program at Cornell University (performance begins at 26:58).

"Writers at Cornell" with J. Robert Lennon
Interview conducted 14 April 2011 during a residency with the Cornell University Creative Writing Program, including a discussion of Cornell Set.

photographs
Performance of Cornell Set and Three Poems from Felt at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY; 15 April 2011).