The Fredösphere

Last night, my friend Alan and I rehearsed my latest creation, a setting of Psalm 96 for two unaccompanied voices.  Thanks to some nice complements for a previous setting of Psalm 46, I decided to make more Psalm duets.

This piece relies on the effect of certain gestures hitting you at times slightly off of what you might expect.  Getting those gestures placed correctly requires careful timing -- almost like comedic timing.  In addition, hearing the gestures beats imagining them when it comes to making final timing decisions.  Thus, we found ourselves making lots of changes during the rehearsal.  This is a unique situation for me; one that by nature I tend to avoid.  Nevertheless, making adjustments within a rehearsal is apparently far from unheard of.  That Alan could work in such a fluid environment, not to mention make smart suggestions, was a big help. 

All that is lacking now is some buzz words to describe the experience properly:  I facilitated a team approach to creative problem solving; or maybe I leveraged inputs from diverse communities of stakeholders by implementing a collaborative paradigm that transformed the process of innovation; or maybe I just played well with others.