This is the full documentation of the April 12, 2013 premiere of CARBON SONG CYCLE, a work for chamber ensemble and expanded cinema by composer Pamela Z and video artist Christina McPhee. The piece is in 10 movements scored for voice with live processing, bassoon, viola, cello, and percussion, with live, multi-channel video. The movements are as follows: 00:41 i Prelude: Carbon Relay / Light Frustration 04:36 ii Three Vertical Kilns 11:10 iii Breathing / Breathing Genesis 16:52 iv Diagram A (Carbon Drawing) / Geodata Diagrams 20:20 v Cellphone Trees/ Fire Jerky 24:04 vi Unpredictable Weather/ De-Mobbing Crude 27:58 vii Biosphere I (sounds) /Geothermal Combustion 31:45 viii Biosphere II (populations) /Geothermal Combustion 34:24 ix The Heat / Carbon Surf Drawing 38:44 x Combustion / Solar Circuit Parts Per Million Pamela Z (music composition, voice & electronics) Christina McPhee (video composition, and video performance) Dana Jessen (bassoon) Charith Premawardhana (viola) Theresa Wong (cello & voice) Suki O'Kane (percussion) Pamela Z used samples of the voices of Christina McPhee (movement iii) and Dr. Richard Zare (movements iv and ix) in the music. Carbon Song Cycle was made possible in part by grants from the MAP Fund and New Music USA.
