Making Sense of Things is a piece composed through consideration of the relationship between music, meaning, and materiality. The piece, written for voice, flute, percussion, and live electronics, explores topics of the "sensible" and "nonsensical" in music, moving through a variety of sonic episodes that feature different notational approaches, electronic textures, technical instrumental practice, and theatrical elements in order to explore a variety of expressive possibilities while unified around the central musical ideas of scratching sounds and metal bars. The critical essay examines the relationship between the piece and the theoretical writings which inspired it. Reading through the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, I examine the relationship between Making Sense of Things and new materialist discourses, affect theory, and semiotics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1808445 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Fox, West |
| Contributors | Kokoras, Panayiotis, 1974-, McNutt, Elizabeth, May, Andrew, 1968- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 53 pages : music, Text |
| Rights | Public, Fox, West, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
| Relation | Recital: March 27, 2021, ark:/67531/metadc1820762 |
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