Refractions: A collection of three pieces for solo instruments and fixed electronic media

"Refractions" is a collection of three pieces for solo instruments and fixed electronic media. The first piece is for amplified clarinet and fixed electronic media, the second is for electric guitar and fixed electronic media, and the third is for amplified high voice (soprano or tenor) and fixed electronic media.;By incorporating elements from diverse musical cultures and time periods, "Refractions" creates a unique and personal sound world, which aims to the musical future by being rooted in the distant musical past.;In "Refractions", I chose to integrate two musical eras and practices separated by hundreds of years: medieval chant and contemporary electroacoustic music. I use compositional techniques from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, specifically the borrowing of a chant melody, which is used as a cantus firmus. Throughout the three pieces I use the medieval antiphon and psalm Vota Mea Domino Reddam as a binding element. The chant is presented in all three pieces in its original, paraphrased and transformed versions, working parallel to the morphological transformations in the electronic media. I also bring together a multiplicity of modern musical idioms important to shaping me as a musician: contemporary western classical repertoire, rock, jazz, and folk music from Latin America.