to hear the things we cannot see
to hear the things we cannot see is a collaboration with Hub New Music, composer Nina C. Young, and poet Rosie Stockton. In creating the score for this piece, Young analyzed the spectrum and envelope of Stockton’s voice in recordings of the poet reading their work. Recordings filter through the quartet’s playing to unite spaces past and present, and to act as an additional instrument to Hub New Music’s quartet. Live electronic sounds are triggered using MaxMSP. Throughout the work Young plays with ideas of space - particularly in exploring the creation of aural architectures using the ensemble, voice, and embedded electronics.
about the artists
nina c. Young
Composer and sonic artist Nina C. Young (b.1984) creates works, ranging from concert pieces to interactive installations, that explore aural architectures, resonance, and the ephemeral. Her work has garnered international acclaim through performances by the American Composers Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Aizuri Quartet, Sixtrum, JACK Quartet, and wild Up. Winner of the 2015-16 Rome Prize, Nina has received recognition from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, the Montalvo Arts Center, and BMI. Recent commissions include Tread softly for the NYPhil's Project 19, a violin concerto for Jennifer Koh with the Philadelphia Orchestra and LACO, and a multimedia work for the American Brass Quintet and EMPAC’s High-Resolution Wave Field Synthesis Loudspeaker Array. Young holds degrees from MIT, McGill, and Columbia, and is an Assistant Professor of Composition at USC's Thornton School of Music. She serves as Co-Artistic Director of NY-based new music sinfonietta Ensemble Échappé. Her music is published by Peermusic Classical. // ninacyoung.com
rosie Stockton
Rosie Stockton is a poet based in Los Angeles. Their first book, Permanent Volta (Nightboat Books), is the recipient of the 2019 Sawtooth Prize, and has been recently featured in Vogue. Their poems have been published by Publication Studio, Monster House Press, Jubilat, Mask Magazine, and WONDER. They are currently a PhD Student in Gender Studies at UCLA.
For a sample of Stockton’s work included in to hear the things we cannot see, please click here.