simon hutchinson

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As a challenge for the composers at UCSC, we had a call for variations on one of my favorite melodies. We ended up with eight submissions from faculty and students alike. This evening we just had a game to see if anyone could match the variation with the composer.

These ones are pre-matched.

…and lots of licks that test the high range of your speakers?

Check this out:

InternetRomanceInThe60s

I built the sequencer using Kyma and just sort of noodled around. You can hear a bit of wandering, and some exploration of some sweet timbres.

Here’s a very brief, not too difficult piece for piano I wrote a couple days ago.

Hanami

Named so because one can already see the cherry blossoms blooming all over Santa Cruz.