Betsey Biggs

For eighteen musicians with networked laptops, microphones, and Max. Commissioned by the Peabody Institute Laptop Ensemble. 10 minutes.

Networked electronic music composition for eighteen players. Sing Broken Ice explores the crackles, sighs, shifts of arctic ice melting, and transforms these sounds through the sonic meditations of the performers and sea ice data from the Arctic Ocean until the melting ice has become completely submerged in a sea of drone and glitch. For custom software, arctic ice sounds, humming, and speakers.

This work is dedicated to my teacher, Pauline Oliveros.

PERFORMANCES

2024: Commisioned by the Peabody Institute Laptop Ensemble, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA