bcox /thesisproject /birdsongcomps

Lea Cox

As part of my thesis project, I used birdsong to compose a 3-part musical composition.

In the first part, Layered Dawn Chorus, I layered nature sound recordings from two different ecosystems, which I recorded in June, 2007, while attending a Nature Sound Society Workshop. Both were recorded at dawn near the Yuba Pass, in the High Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. One layer was from a valley wetland, Sierra Valley. The other was from a forest at the Yuba Pass.

Layered Dawn Chorus

In the second part, Becoming Bird, I use my voice and convert the human sound to bird sound.

Becoming Bird

In the third part, Six Birdsong Remix, I took 6 individual birdsongs and converted them to a human musical composition.

Six Birdsong Remix

Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Red-Winged Blackbird

Canyon Wren

Western Meadowlark

Hermit Thrush

There were two performances. The first was performed on Sunday May 18, 2008, at the UCSC Music Concert Hall as part of an Electronic Music concert. The second was an installation in San Jose at the mfa exhibition on june 4-8, 2008. It was performed in a small dark room, with visuals to accompany each part of the program. There were printed concert programs.

Digital Concert Program

MFA Installation Photos