All Outputs (5)

Towards the water’s edge. (2006)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2006). Towards the water’s edge.

This is an electroacoustic sound-installation work over 16 channels which forms a pyramid-like structure to surround the audience. There are many examples in the electroacoustic repertoire that take natural elements as the focal point for a work,... Read More about Towards the water’s edge..

Love Eurydice. (2006)
Other
Davismoon, S. & Rodger, J. (2006). Love Eurydice.

This work is for large orchestra, mezzo-soprano (Eurydice) and three other women’s voices (SSA). Certain models of contemporary music visitations to classical legends, informed the research direction for this work, especially: Nono’s Prometeo and Xe... Read More about Love Eurydice..

Patricia's Songs. (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
Rodger, J., & Davismoon, S. (2005). Patricia's Songs. 1 January 2006 - 1 January 2006. (Unpublished)

‘...a common treasury ... fragmented’. (2005)
Other
Davismoon, S. (2005). ‘..a common treasury .. fragmented’.

The text utilised in the work consists of fragments taken from the political writings by the 17th Century English Revolutionary, Gerard Winstanley. Central research questions with it were: How to set text musically which was essentially document... Read More about ‘...a common treasury ... fragmented’..

The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse (2004)
Journal Article
Davismoon, S. (2004). The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse. Contemporary Music Review, 23(1), (45-58). doi:10.1080/0749446042000204527. ISSN 0749-4467

In this paper, certain aspects of Varèse's life and work are discussed that have at times, I feel, been overemphasised, distorted, or even omitted, in order to lend greater weight to the depiction of him as a non-European (non-'Old World', non-tradit... Read More about The transmutation of the ‘Old’ with the ‘New’ in the Modernist vision of Edgard Varèse.