Boxes, Planes, and Spinoffs
Recorded live on October 18, 2006 at Varnish Fine Art Gallery in San Francisco, the program brings director Cynthia Mei in conversation with composer Dan Becker and Stephen Tramontozzi. Dan talks about his work, Point, Lines, and Planes, an early string quartet in which the last movement requires the performers to improvise off of a graph (see below) and Steve speaks about his experiences in writing Choir Boxes, a work originally written for double basses and cellos.

Concert Program:
Charles Wuorinen Spinoff for violin, double bass, and conga drums
Dan Becker Points, Lines, and Planes for string quartet
Stephen Tramontozzi Choir Boxes
for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, piano, percussion

Dan Becker's String Quartet fourth movement

ADORNO performing Spinoff














Dan Speaks with ADORNO director Cynthia Mei

ADORNO performing Points, Lines, and Planes

Dan Becker explains the fourth movement.















Dan and Steve















ADORNO performs Choir Boxes