NATHANIEL BARTLETT, MARIMBA+
3-dimensional, Hi-definition, Computer-generated sound projection

Friday, February 26 8:00 p.m. (free admission)
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
School of Music
10th St. & College Hill
Greenville, NC

Nathaniel Bartlett, Space Forms (2010) WORLD PREMIERE
Stephen Dembski, Calcium Late Nate/2010 (2010) WORLD PREMIERE
Allan Schindler, Take Flight (2009)

     Bartlett's performances seamlessly meld his five-octave acoustic marimba with electronics, a powerful custom computer named Atlas, and an eight-channel cube of loudspeakers. With the audience positioned in the center of the cuboid loudspeaker array, a three-dimensional soundfield can be projected into the audience space, totally immersing the listeners. In his music the positioning and movement of sounds in physical space, resulting in kinetic audio sculptures, is a central musical parameter. The three-dimensional soundfield is enriched by the use of high-definition audio (superior to CD-quality audio), which allows for a significant increase in sonic nuances.
     In Bartlett's setup, a dual-display computer monitor has replaced the music stand. The music notation, now free from the physical realm, can be totally integrated in real time with the audio parameters of the music.
     Bartlett was born in 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), the Royal Academy of Music (London), the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and studied privately with marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens.