Resonancia

Resonancia (resonance) was written in the summer of 2003 for the Nuova Musica International New Music Festival held in Senigallia, Italy where it received its premiere. Since that time the work has been presented in other parts of Europe by several pianists and received its US premiere in April of 2005 with pianist Cristina Valdes. The title of the work refers to the abundance of overtones that are produced by the repeated gestures heard during the first part of the work. These dense textures are contrasted by sparser material heard in the second section, which includes muting and plucking of the strings inside the piano as well as more conventional playing. As with much of my music the counterpoint between register, density, timbre, and pacing are important aesthetic concerns as is the exploration of the point where silence begins and sounds end and vice versa.

GarciaResonanciaExcerpt.mp3