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Sam Wells

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  • compositions
    • Oct 31, 2024 Seething Field (2024)
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Feb 16, 2024 Aurascope (2024)
    • Nov 6, 2023 Glass Mountain (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2023 Now Time is Made Sound (2023)
    • Apr 19, 2023 The Blue of Time (2023)
    • Mar 17, 2023 The Night of the Falling Stars (2023)
    • May 22, 2022 The Road and the Stars (2022)
    • May 21, 2022 Through the dust... (2022)
    • Mar 12, 2022 The Cottonwood Florilegium (2022)
    • Dec 3, 2021 The Fig and The Wasp (2021)
    • Dec 3, 2021 Loom Telling (2021)
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Nov 19, 2020 mimenrosp (2020)
    • Aug 1, 2020 a moment indicative of a possibility (2020)
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Apr 1, 2020 part and parcel (2020)
    • Sep 30, 2017 The Lacuna (2017)
    • Jun 13, 2017 Anamnesis (2017)
    • Mar 28, 2017 Paul (2017)
    • Jun 28, 2016 Light Is Like Water (2016)
    • Feb 5, 2016 The Leaf Has Turned to Stone (2016)
    • Apr 27, 2014 stringstrung (2014)
    • Apr 21, 2013 Leander's Swim (2013)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
    • Dec 1, 2010 Cameron (2010)
  • discography
    • Mar 8, 2024 Human Capital (2024)
    • Dec 22, 2023 Aurogeny (2023)
    • May 5, 2023 Havona (2023)
    • May 21, 2022 Through the dust... (2022)
    • Feb 11, 2022 #What2020SoundsLike (2022)
    • Nov 5, 2021 Memory Palace (2021)
    • Feb 14, 2020 Music from APNM (2020)
    • May 3, 2019 Spiritual America (2019)
    • Aug 3, 2018 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 27 (2018)
    • Nov 17, 2017 Decade Zero (2017)
    • Sep 8, 2017 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 26 (2017)
  • installations
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
  • projects
    • Jun 30, 2024 SPLICE
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Mar 9, 2024 Miller/Vidiksis/Wells Trio
    • Nov 3, 2021 Scarp Records
  • software
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Feb 16, 2024 Aurascope (2024)
    • Dec 1, 2017 bw.tools
  • trumpet
    • Jun 30, 2024 SPLICE
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Mar 9, 2024 Miller/Vidiksis/Wells Trio
    • Mar 8, 2024 Human Capital (2024)
    • Dec 22, 2023 Aurogeny (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2023 Now Time is Made Sound (2023)
    • Mar 12, 2022 The Cottonwood Florilegium (2022)
    • Nov 5, 2021 Memory Palace (2021)
    • Jun 29, 2021 Cabinet by Sarah Belle Reid
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
    • Feb 25, 2021 202102252300 [Reid & Wells]
    • Feb 25, 2021 25/02/21, part one [Miller, Vidiksis, & Wells]
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Jan 19, 2021 + ± [Biggs & Wells]
    • Dec 18, 2020 Steel and air, a mottled presence by Ryan Seward
    • Dec 15, 2020 Trainomorphosis by Anya Shatilova
    • Dec 15, 2020 Halogen by Jack Kraus
    • Dec 15, 2020 Additives by Aliya Ultan
    • Oct 28, 2020 High-Low II by Scott Miller
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Jun 26, 2019 Ansible by Caroline Miller
    • Jun 26, 2019 Mutation (as the mark the noise leaves upon presence) by Robert Seaback
    • May 3, 2019 Spiritual America (2019)
    • Aug 3, 2018 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 27 (2018)
    • Nov 17, 2017 Decade Zero (2017)
    • Jun 19, 2017 Cross Pollination by Keith Kirchoff
    • Jun 16, 2017 ...the serpent – snapping eye by Roger Reynolds
    • Jun 28, 2016 Light Is Like Water (2016)
    • Feb 5, 2016 The Leaf Has Turned to Stone (2016)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
  • video
    • Nov 6, 2023 Glass Mountain (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2021 Cabinet by Sarah Belle Reid
    • Apr 27, 2021 Thethyscape by Ben Richter
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
    • Feb 25, 2021 202102252300 [Reid & Wells]
    • Feb 25, 2021 25/02/21, part one [Miller, Vidiksis, & Wells]
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Jan 19, 2021 + ± [Biggs & Wells]
    • Dec 15, 2020 Halogen by Jack Kraus
    • Dec 15, 2020 Additives by Aliya Ultan
    • Nov 19, 2020 mimenrosp (2020)
    • Nov 19, 2020 Out of Focus by Alex Buck
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Apr 27, 2014 stringstrung (2014)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
  • electronics 23
  • trumpet 18
  • Adam Vidiksis 17
  • collaboration 16
  • electroacoustic 9
  • Keith Kirchoff 8
  • SPLICE Ensemble 7
  • commission 7
  • improvisation 7
  • Scott L. Miller 6
  • SPLICE Institute 5
  • Scarp Records 5
  • Wesleyan 4
  • chamber music 4
  • drums 4
  • fixed media 4
  • Aeroidio 3
  • Chris Biggs 3
  • HOCKET 3
  • ensemble 3
  • interactive 3
  • BEEP 2
  • Ben Richter 2
  • Metropolis Ensemble 2
  • SEAMUS 2
  • Sarah Belle Reid 2
  • Temple University 2
  • kyma 2
  • multimedia 2
  • piano 2
  • video 2
  • #What2020SoundsLike 1
  • APNM 1
  • Alex Buck 1
  • Aliya Ultan 1
  • Annalee Traylor 1
  • Anya Shatilova 1
  • Arcus Collective 1
  • Benjamin Wedeking 1
  • Blue Carbon Sound 1
  • Caroline Miller 1
  • Chamber Music America 1
  • Dana Jessen 1
  • Geoffrey Wood 1
  • Heard in LA 1
  • JFund 1
  • Jack Kraus 1
  • Jeonghyeon Joo 1
  • Josh Sobel 1
  • Kenken Gorder 1

stringstrung (2014)

April 27, 2014 in compositions, video

guitar and digital media

5 minutes

commissioned by Benjamin Wedeking


Note

stringstrung, for guitar and digital media, was commissioned by and is dedicated to my dear friend, Benjamin Wedeking. The digital audio is entirely derived from acoustic guitar samples. The work is loosely inspired by the strings of a guitar and the last stanza of “87” by E.E. Cummings:

 

what a wonderful thing

is the end of a string

(murmurs little you-i

as the hill becomes nil)

and will somebody tell

me why people let go

 

-- E.E. Cummings

© Grove Weidenfeld

Awards

2016 Miami International Guitart Festival Composition Competition Winner

Performances

Featured
Nov 13, 2015 – Nov 15, 2015
University of Florida
2015 SCI National Conference
Nov 13, 2015 – Nov 15, 2015
University of Florida
Nov 13, 2015 – Nov 15, 2015
University of Florida
Nov 6, 2015 – Nov 7, 2015
University of Richmond
Third Practice Electroacoustic Festival
Nov 6, 2015 – Nov 7, 2015
University of Richmond
Nov 6, 2015 – Nov 7, 2015
University of Richmond
Sep 25, 2015 – Oct 1, 2015
University of North Texas
2015 International Computer Music Conference
Sep 25, 2015 – Oct 1, 2015
University of North Texas
Sep 25, 2015 – Oct 1, 2015
University of North Texas
Jun 27, 2015
Arbons Art Center
New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
Jun 27, 2015
Arbons Art Center
Jun 27, 2015
Arbons Art Center
Mar 26, 2015 – Mar 28, 2015
Virginia Tech University
2015 SEAMUS National Conference
Mar 26, 2015 – Mar 28, 2015
Virginia Tech University
Mar 26, 2015 – Mar 28, 2015
Virginia Tech University
Tags: electronics, guitar, commission, Benjamin Wedeking
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