Increment

Program Note

Increment (2010) for clarinet and percussion, commissioned by Caleb Herron, is a work with a simple incrementing structural scheme that focuses on interaction between the two performers. The work was composed with the use of weighted interval sets, Markov chains, and various gesture-driven algorithms. The Common Music/GRACE algorithmic composition environment was utilized as well as several primitives programmed Max and Java.

Performance Information

• Premiere: Devil May Care Duo, Eastern US Tour, Lilypad, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 21, 2010.
• Devil May Care Duo, Eastern US Tour, Papacookie Concert Series, New York, New York, June 23, 2010.
• Devil May Care Duo, Eastern US Tour, Chocolate Perks, Duluth, Georgia, June 27, 2010.
• Devil May Care Duo, Western US Tour, Space 4 Art, San Diego, California, March 19, 2011.
• Devil May Care Duo, Western US Tour, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, March 22, 2011.
• Devil May Care Duo, Western US Tour, Tribal Café, Los Angeles, California, March 25, 2011.
• Devil May Care Duo, Western US Tour, Gallery 1412, Seattle, Washington, March 29, 2011.
• CMS 33^rd Northeast Chapter Conference, Fredonia, New York, March 16, 2012.
• Devil May Care Duo, Joint Concert, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 17, 2012.
• Iowa Composers Forum 2024 Festival of New Music, April 21, 2024.

Recording