water meditation on Etenraku for any treble melodic instrument and computer (MaxMSP) with Mic.

mp3 performance Tim Eshing, viola recorded live at The Downtown Neon Gallery, KCMO, in April, 2008. Charles Huang, oboe recorded at The Hartt School in May, 2006. Kimberly Reighley, flute recorded at West Chester University in November, 2006.

How divine the sound...
a single cloud passing through
a lake's reflection.

Water meditation on Etenraku is an interactive piece using MaxMSP. As the title emplies, the piece is a meditation on the traditional Gagaku piece, Etenraku. In a play of words, evolving from "Gagaku" having the elements of "cloud music" in its name, waterdrops were chosen as the only sound involved in the piece outside of the audio from the live performer.

To perform water meditation, the performer requires a computer capable of running MaxMSP or its Runtime application, with a microphone as input and (obviously) some variety of audio output. If you are interested in performing this piece, please contact richard at richard@composerjohnson.com.