Mouvement Social is based on a field recording from a Paris Métro station. This recording was electronically processed using a spectral freezing patch and then played directly into a grandContinue readingMouvement Social (Tape & Piano)
The quartet was premiered by Ensemble Calliopée in April 2022. Listen to Rythmes Verticaux: In music, rhythms are generally measured in beats per minute, and pitches are measured inContinue readingRythmes Verticaux (String Quartet)
The Russian Empirical anthem bonged from the belfry of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, marking midday, from 1858 until 1917. At other hours, Kol’ Slaven Nash (“How Glorious our Lord in Zion”) rained over Saint Petersburg. These bells were Dutch. … Continue readingOvertones, Sonic and Politic: Minor Thirds, Octatonicism, and Bells
“Bas-Relief” is an interactive sound art performance for mixed media with sound by Tom Gurin. Watch and listen to a version of it (ten channels rendered to stereo) below. HeadphonesContinue reading“Bas Relief” (multimedia)
Concealed Design by Tom Gurin is one of the five winning pieces in the National Association for Olmsted Parks’ composition contest, “Inspired by Olmsted”, combining public music and landscape architecture.Continue readingInspired by Olmsted
“Sorores” (“sisters” in Latin) explores themes of togetherness and separation, as well as balance and symmetry. Many of the rhythmical groupings are based on the following nonretrogradable pattern: |Continue readingSorores (Violin Duo)
“Sienne brûlée”, for clarinet and electronics, is a sound experiment by Tom Gurin that incorporates two video parameters available to users. These parameters are the volume slider (bottom left ofContinue readingSienne brûlée
Listen to Tom Gurin‘s original score for “La Caméra Magique” (1905 film) performed live in Paris in December 2021 by Dhyani Heath (violin) and Jeffery Durand (piano). The film followsContinue readingCiné-concert @ Fondation des Etats-Unis
Tom Gurin is the first place winner of the composition contest of the Festival de Musique Sacrée de Perpignan. His winning composition will be premiered by the festival on AprilContinue readingFestival de Musique Sacrée de Perpignan