abstract: Patterns and Soundscapes explores the concept album format, popularized in the late 1960s and into modern times by artists such as the Who, Pink Floyd, and Frank Zappa. Specifically, I sought to adapt this format as a compositional process aimed towards the completion of a large-scale work that can be presented in album format and live performance. Further influenced by the concept album, I sought to create pieces consisting of similar musical techniques, motivic ideas, and harmonic language, so that each piece could be performed on its own or be combined as a multi-movement work. I began writing this work in the spring of 2019, with “Colored Red Currents” for string quartet and “Conspiracy Wall” for two drum sets. After realizing that both pieces had a similar sound and style, I began to consider how they could function within an album format, and how they could also work together to form a large-scale musical work. I then decided that each subsequent piece, in addition to being composed of similar musical ideas, would be written in a manner that allowed for seamless transitions between the end of one and the beginning of another, and would also introduce the instrumentation making up the full ensemble in the last movement. This work begins with the sparkling and rapid string quartet, “Colored Red Currents,” then moves to the energetic and groove based “Conspiracy Wall” for two drum sets, the meditative “Interlude” for solo viola and electronics, and the quick and mechanical “Beat Frequency” for alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and electronics. The work ends with “ALL IN,” where the full ensemble is finally formed, and all of the patterns and soundscapes come together to form a bombastic and wild finale. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Composition 2020

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想像是一種說故事的媒介。說故事的方法有很多種，文字、圖像、音樂，以及影像等等，這些都是將腦中的想像具體化的方式。而作「夢」，也是一種想像，一種不受人、事、時、地、物的影響，最自由的想像行為。 本作品將以「夢」為創作發想，並以〈Night Dream〉以及〈Day Dream〉兩種夢的主題為創作核心，並在故事中加入「反烏托邦」的元素，以音樂作為說故事的媒介，進行想像的實踐，進而完成一張音樂創作專輯。 / Imagination is a media of telling stories. There are many ways to tell stories, which include words, pictures, music, videos, and so on. These are ways of making imaginations become stories. “Dreaming” is also a kind of imaginations, which will not be confined to no matter who, which, what, when, where, and how: it’s the freest attitude of imaginations. This project is to produce a music album. And “Dream” is the theme of this project, which includes both “Night Dream” and “Day Dream”. The idea of “Dystopia” also plays an important role when creating stories. Telling stories through music is the purpose and also the process of making imagination into practice in this project. A music album will be produced as the achievement of this project.

El término teatralidad es una de las palabras más utilizadas dentro del mundo espectáculo. Sin embargo, existe cierta confusión o ambigüedad a la hora de separar la utilización de este recurso dentro de distintas ramas artísticas. Así pues, si no es bien generalizado, es desatendido por el común artista musical; como consecuencia se ha desestimado el impacto que se puede ocasionar en el espectador, a partir de la mera corporalidad de los participantes de una puesta en escena. Por estos motivos, se ha contenido dentro del presente documento el uso y la transformación de este recurso dentro de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, de manera que se ha investigado la adopción de esta técnica por múltiples artistas a lo largo de las décadas; con el fin de poder esclarecer términos afines y dar a conocer uno de los avances artísticos musicales más elaborados dentro de nuestra coetaneidad. La teatralidad en la música es el resultado de una visión literaria dentro de la misma, por la cual se expanden los modos de composición, producción y ejecución. Así pues, esta viene a ser la introducción de nuevas formas en la lírica y en la narrativa. Se plasman personajes ficticios en la búsqueda de representar dramáticamente un nuevo espectáculo musical; el sonido, el material visual del escenario y la performance de sus componentes físicos son ahora herramientas en pos de consolidar un nuevo conjunto visual y sonoro, compartido entre artista y espectador. / The term theatricality is one of the most used words in show business. However, there is some confusion or ambiguity when it comes to separating the use of this resource within different artistic branches. Thus, if it is not well generalized, it is neglected by the common musical artist; as a consequence, the impact that can be caused on the viewer, from the mere corporality of the participants of a staging, has been dismissed. For these reasons, the use and transformation of this resource within the second half of the twentieth century has been contained in this document, so that the adoption of this technique by multiple artists over the decades has been investigated; in order to clarify related terms and publicize one of the most elaborate musical artistic advances within our contemporary age. Theatricality in music is the result of a literary vision, through which the modes of composition, production and execution are expanded. Thus, this comes to be the introduction of new forms in the lyric and in the narrative. Fictional characters are depicted in the quest to dramatically represent a new musical show; the sound, the visual material of the stage and the performance of its physical components are now tools in order to consolidate a new visual and sound set, shared between artist and spectator. / Trabajo de investigación

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