Clairaudience
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Clairaudience is the ability to hear sounds said to exist outside of ordinary experience or natural capacity, often referring to sounds of supernatural quality - as voices of the dead. In writing Clairaudience, I sought to emulate such paranormal sounds and create an experience for the listener similar to the possession of such a faculty. Four thunder-sheets are the highlight and focus of the work, giving rise to an assortment of sounds provocative of those from beyond the grave. This work was commissioned by the Honors Ensemble Program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. The recording found below is of the premiere performance by the Milieu Percussion Quartet, for whom it was written in the fall of 2015.