Time for Bee consists of a series of ten original musical/theatrical compositions created
between September 1992 and January 1994, first performed on the evening of January 28,
1994 in the Recital Hall of the University of British Columbia. While each of the works
can be performed individually, it was the composer’s intent to create a recital which is
logical in its progression. This should suggest that in some way the pieces belong together
as a larger whole.
The concept of “waiting” circulates throughout all the works, in the sense that the actual
material is either minimalist (and so one is forced to “wait” for changes), or the philosophy
behind a given piece is similarly based, but may not be evident in the sounding music. The
studies in the music machine, for example, try to incorporate necessary stage changes
between pieces (and the waiting the audience goes through) into musical events about such
waiting.
A secondary interest concerns the concept of contradiction. The majority of the works are,
for example, based upon high-sounding textures (flute, violin, clarinet, high piano and
mallets, etc). The studies in the music machine attempt to introduce low-sounding textures
as a contrast, however, and throughout the recital a timpani and a bass drum sit off to the
side of the stage, unplayed. These ideas, and others, are meant to serve as a contradiction
to the unified high-sounding textures of the majority of the recital.
Individual pieces are similarly based upon concepts of contradiction and waiting. Memory,
as a concept, plays a prominent role in several pieces as well.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/5123 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Copeland, Warren |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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