Instrumentation: clarinet quartet (Eb, 2-Bb, Bass)
Duration: 11:30
Written for the Wichita Symphony Clarinets
Premiered at the WSU Contemporary Music Festival by Wesley DeSpain, W. James Jones, Michael Wilder, and Michael Unruh; March 14, 2006
Two Bytes of Spam (movements I and II) premiered at WSU American Music Week; November 3, 2005
Movements:
I. Fleeing above rhombus bologna
II. Ferret Coffeecup Corporeal Jade
III. Cocoon Harmonic Cellulose
IV. Boogie Buffalo Vibrant Cello
Notes: The title derives from computer spam. Each movement titled with the random collections of words that formed spam emails. I used four titles that were particularly evocative and free-associated the names with music.
Katherine Ann Murdock 