Ground from EAM by Barry Schrader
“Ground” is based on the idea of a Baroque ground bass, also referred to as a passacaglia or a chaconne. It is perhaps closer to the passacaglia, in which the repeated material is not always in the bass, but these terms have come to be used interchangeably. In this work, the repeated material eventually splits the ideas into the dimensions of pitch and rhythm, focusing more on the latter, and, at the end, brings them back together in multiple ways.
Schrader's compositions for electronics, dance, film, video, mixed media, live/electro-acoustic music combinations, and real-time computer performance have been presented throughout the world. In 2014, he was given the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award. He was a member of the Composition Faculty of the CalArts School of Music from 1971 to 2016. His web site is <barryschrader.com>.