A Whisper

for flute solo and walkie talkie performers
or any configuration of white noise generators and solo instrument/voice

Background

A Whisper is a kind of dream-like sound forest, or a hazy, gently-undulating space with which a wandering instrumental/vocal line collaborates. A constantly-shifting soundscape of radio static is shaped by the hands of the performers, filtering the white noise sound of walkie talkies using the shape of their hands and walking about the space.
An instrumental soloist navigates the space with sound in a slowly-growing improvisational piece, rooted in a Deep Listening mindset and a considered sensitivity to space and silence.

Premiered 10 January 2023
Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia, Tallinn, Estonia

Credits

Marianne Sihvonen (flute)
Janine Jop, Helena Atkin, Aaron Gochberg, Viktória Šinkorová, Alicia Reyes (walkie talkies)
Wilson Tanner Smith (composition, walkie talkie)