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Premiered in 2019, Takuma Itoh's "Wavelengths" has become a staple of Hub New Music's touring repertoire. The work traverses the colorful possibilities of our quartet across a vivid 15-minute journey.

Of the piece, the composer writes:

One of the most exciting aspects of working with Hub New Music, a quartet consisting of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, is their commitment to performing the work dozens of times over a number of seasons. This ethos of the group gives Hub the chance to get to know a work intimately and evolve their interpretation over time. It also gives the composer an opportunity to try compositional ideas that one would not attempt with more limited performance prospects.

With this piece, I want to create a playing environment that will result in dramatically different performances from one night to another. I intend to accomplish this by primarily focusing on tempo: I will be asking certain musicians of the ensemble to play together in one tempo, while having others play independently from them in a different tempo. The result is a texture that is partially aleatoric, but one that still requires tight ensemble playing. The combinations may seem somewhat limited with just four musicians, but given the variety of colors that Hub’s instrumentation possesses, there is still plenty of possibilities to explore.

This under-explored texture, particularly in chamber music, is one that relinquishes some control from the composer and leaves more interpretive onus on the performers, something that I am interested in exploring with this piece, especially considering how many times Hub will be performing the work. I will be particularly interested to see how the performance of the work will evolve as the performers become more accustomed to the piece and the unique way that this piece will compel them to interact with one another.

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released October 31, 2023
Music by Takuma Itoh

Performed by Hub New Music
Michael Avitabile, Flute
Gleb Kanasevich, Clarinet
Meg Rohrer, Violin
Jesse Christeson, Cello

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Mike Tierney
Recorded at Virtue and Vice Studios (Brooklyn, New York)

Album art by Myssi Robinson
Graphic design by Kayla Avitabile

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Hub New Music Detroit, Michigan

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is a “prime mover of piping hot 21st century repertoire” (Washington Post). Founded in 2013, Hub has commissioned dozens of new works for its distinctive ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. Hub’s “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR) actively collaborates with today’s most celebrated composers. ... more

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