EPICAC (narrator ver.)

Sept. - Dec. 2024 (for narrator, clarinet, typewriter, violin, percussion, bass guitar, and piano)

In the fall of 2024, I took a class class called Opera without the Singing: Fables, Fairy Tales and Narrated Musical Theater, co-taught by Steve Mackey and guest professor and author, Adam Gidwitz. Directly inspired by Prof. Mackey’s recent piece, Memoir (2024), we were tasked with writing a chamber piece (for instruments played by members of the class) with a narrator. Continuing my long-standing love for Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “EPICAC,” I adapted the text and and knew I wanted to include a typewriter as an instrument to bring the computer character to life. It was truly a fun process illustrating the heartbreaking love story between a super computer and mankind.