Sputter (PLUGS IN THE) Box

Sputter (PLUGS IN THE) Box is Sputter Box’s debut concert with electronics and video projections featuring four commissions by composers Kennedy Taylor Dixon, DM R, Nolan Hildebrand, and Tania Cortés Becerra. Using clarinet, bass clarinet, voice, percussion, electronics, and video art, each composer is writing about a topic they relate to, including Colombian popular music, noise music, the dangers of grind culture, and the mysterious death of migratory birds, known as cuvivíes, in the lagoons of Ozogoche, Ecuador. The electronics components will include recorded tracks and live electronics.

This program is best for venues with audio and video tech capabilities and live sound engineering staff members.

Sample Program and Recordings

what we must make sense of (2024) Kennedy Taylor Dixon // 10 minutes

Deny. Defend. Depose.* (2024) DM R // 10 minutes

when telekinetic teenagers telephone ghosts^ (2024) Nolan Hildebrand // 15 minutes

mensaje en las nubes^ (2024) Tania Cortés Becerra // 15 minutes

Total: 50 minutes of music

^Works funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council

*Work funded by the FROMM Foundation

Touring and Tech

Four separate works for clarinet/bass clarinet, soprano voice, percussion, and electronics, with team of 7, 3 musicians, 4 composers/technicians

Length: 90 minutes

Preferred venue: concert hall with speakers, tech capabilities (see tech rider), and lighting rig

Tech rider and lighting plot are available upon request