For disklavier, string quartet, and electronics
Performed by Odin Quartet
Alex Toscov violin I
Tanya Charles Iveniuk violin II
Ryan Davis viola
Samuel Bisson cello
Supervisor | Elion Britton
Director of Cinematography and Editor | Wolfgang Gray
Winner of the Ann H. Atkinson prize
Voices in the Whir is a conversation between sounds across the human-machine spectrum. Is there beauty to be found in the cold, calculated process of MIDI playback? Is there a meaningful interface between human performers and their mechanical counterparts? What are the opportunities presented by an acoustic instrument which can be controlled by a computer? Voices in the Whir explores the range of possibilities created by the disklavier (a real acoustic piano with motors in the keys, allowing it to be controlled digitally, like a player-piano) and its combination with a string quartet and electronics.