about
is the same... is not the same - commissioned by saxophonist and composer C.R. Kasprzyk - is a multi-leveled development of a five-note theme from Paul Creston's Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano. Written in the Fall of 2004, the piece draws inspiration and its title from the words of composer and pedagogue Narcis Bonet. Through rhythmic and harmonic variation of the saxophone part, coupled with real-time and pre-recorded transformations of pitched and unpitched sound materials, is the same... is not the same, attempts to create a continuously shifting sound world where the interactions between saxophonist and computer can range from complementary and harmonic to confrontational and antagonistic.

duration
14'

performances

11.08.2006	International Computer Music Conference ICMC Radio Broadcast Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
	C.R. Kasprzyk, alto-saxophone
2.23.2006	CCRMA Concert Series presents C.R. Kasprzyk Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
	C.R. Kasprzyk, alto-saxophone
5.12.2005	Sound in Interactive Media Workshop Aalbourg University, Copenhagen, Denmark
	Henrik Frisk, alto-saxophone
4.07.2005	Peabody Conservatory Elderhostel Concert Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	C.R. Kasprzyk, alto-saxophone
2.18.2005	2005 SPARK Festival* Ultan Concert Hall, University of Minneapolis, Minnesota
	C.R. Kasprzyk, alto-saxophone

* = World Premiere

audio
.mp3 | 18.7 mb @ 192 kbps | 13' 39"

score
.pdf score

software
Max/MSP collective
Audio Files .zip (304 MB)
Max/MSP Patch .zip