For Every Season . . .
for electronic wind instrument,
digital delay units and synthesizers
duration: 10 minutes
For Every Season . . . is representative of my interest in creating expressive, interesting music from very economical structures. Hence, the inspiration for the work is emotional and spiritual. The actual composition, however, is based solely on a four-note unordered pitch collection (C-C#-F-G) manipulated by transposition, inversion and various re-orderings.
Bruce P. Mahin is a Professor of Music, and Director of the Radford University Center for Music Technology. He received the B.Mus from West Virginia University, M.Mus from Northwestern University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. Mahin is a former president of the Southeastern Composers League, a former co-chair of Society of Composers Region 3, a former research fellow at the University of Glasgow (Scotland), and the recipient of awards from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Meet the Composer, Annapolis Fine Arts Foundation, Res Musica, Southeastern Composers League and others. His works are available on compact disc through Capstone Recordings (CPS-8747, CPS-8624 and CPS-8611) and published in score by Pioneer Percussion, Ltd. and in the Society of Composers Journal of Musical Scores.